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