Sony Minidisc Hi-MD MZ-RH1

Coming soon - actually sometime in May 2006 - the new generation of Sony Minidisc Hi-MD. Some people will tell you that the Minidisc format is dead, killed by the ipod craze. Some people are wrong! The Minidisc has a lot to offer beyond MP3's fairly poor quality portable music and the ipod's stupidly high fashion profile. Which anyway is bound to end soon with a mighty crash - won't it?
The minidisc format offers something to anyone serious about music from purists (who don't like compression) through to the grungiest professionals (who don't care about compression but know that the recording format is great). I can tell you it's true because Radio Quality is completely made on Minidisc and always has been since 1997.
So don't dismiss the format. Instead, look again and realise that Sony have introduced Mac compatibility, added the possibility to get old Minidiscs onto your PC (until now it was only possible with discs in the Hi-MD format), they have a fantastic battery life, MP3 compatibility and USB2 speeds for up and downloading.
Come back soon to see a full review of the latest MZ-RH1 model here on RQ.