[PD] [ot] portable harddisk recording device

[Roman Haefeli]

hi

i did some research on hi-md-recorders. i found the manual of the sony
MZ-NH1

http://www.minidisc.org/manuals/sony/Sony_MZ-NH1_operation_manual.pdf

+ you can record line/optical/mic(with plugin-power for sony electret
mics)
+ on HiMD-disks (1GB) you can choose the recording quallitity:
++++++ linear PCM  (very nice feature)
+ ATRAC3plus (256kbps)
+ ATRAC3plus (64kbps)
+ bidirectional usb-connection
-  uploading/downloading only with prorpietary software (sonicstage)
-  files on computer are stored in the openMG-format .omg or .oma
-  to create wavs you have to convert the files first with the 'wav
conversion tool' from sony
-  digitally recorded data cannot be uploaded to the computer (scms)
-  your old mds cannot be uploaded
+  you can use the recorder as an usb storage device

i proclaim:
one company should do only one thing at the time: hardware or software
and things would be nice.........   :)

roman