Sony Hi-MD (1gb) Minidisc 3 pack - £2.49 - Argos

alanrowell

Good price for anyone with a Hi-MD recorder

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=2501&productId=102273&clickfrom=image

Forget it, they seem to be out of stock both on-line & in any store

aliasojo

Can anyone advise if these are ok for a NET MD as well as a Hi-MD please?

I've reserved them but not sure if they are compatible.

Also found some in Elgin if anyone is interested?

lofty_2

Its a pitty they cant just use royal mail and post out, its not fair that your local shop has to have stock

ivanwilson

Unfortunately these aren't the 1Gig discs. They are compatible only and like other ordinary MD's can be formatted on a Hi-MD player to store 300Mb.

I got excited about these a few months ago when I thought these were the Hi-MD 1G, but alas no.

I bought a couple of Hi-MD from unbeatable recently at £5.99 each + £1.50 carriage . One of them is faulty :-X

alanrowell

So why are they calling them Hi-MD because as i understand it, if you have a Hi-MD recorder you can format "ordinary" mini-discs to 300Mb

tin

does look like a bit of a trades description act problem at argos!

If you check the picture closely it has some writing above the "hi-md" wording on the box. I wouldn't mind betting it says "compatible with" which is a bit of a misleading statement in itself as I understand all MDs are compatible with hi-md recorders.

However the giveaway is in the recording time - 13.5h. This just happens to be the max a hi-md recorder can get out of a standard MD. The max it can get out of a real 1GB hi-md disc is 45 hours and there's no mode that produces 13.5 hours either.

A con, no less
;D

ivanwilson

Not just a problem at Argos. Dixons tried to sell the same discs to me as Hi-MD.

And yes the pack does say 'compatible with' !