Can all things be done on a portable Minidisc recorder that can be done on a larger Minidisc deck?
Yes, almost all. The Minidisc decks usually have finer editing precision when dividing tracks (so called “rehearsal mode” with 11ms or 60ms accuracy), and some have PS/2 keyboard connectors to make titling easier. Decks may have somewhat better analog input/output quality (but unlike portables, usually do not have microphone inputs). When recording digitally from a CD, MD decks and portable recorders are essentially equivalent. The one major difference is that home MD decks usually have digital output, the portables do not.
• What’s the difference between a player and a recorder? • Has a portable MD unit ever been released that has a built-in AM/FM tuner? • I’ve heard rumors that Minidiscs are on their way out… is MD a sinking ship? • What’s the difference between an MD and the 3-inch CD-Rs used in the Sony CD1000 digital camera? Sony sold a digital camera in Japan in 1998 called the Cybershot DSC-MD1 that recorded images to an MD. What is the difference between that technology and the technology used to record images to a CD-R? • What I was mainly wondering about is the disk technology itself. If you took an MD out of its cartridge and compared it with a CD-R, other than size, what are the differences? • I recorded from the radio to MD, titled the tracks, and then digitally copied that MD from my home deck to my portable MD recorder. The audio and track marks were copied, but the track titles I made were not. Why is that? • If I took an MD out of its cartridge, could I play it in one of those new mini-
