NET MDs can compress the music to fit more onto the disc!
it can do this 2x or 4x, meaning you can get 80, 160 or 320 minutes of audio on 1 one disc (you can compress at different rates on the same disc)
when you do compress, you lose quality (the more you compress, the worser the quality becomes) BUT, i cant really tell the difference between a track which been 2x or 4x or not even compressed at all.
you can trasnfer WAV, MP3 for fact, WMA i dont know about, but would of thought so....
you can only transfer back to the PC what you have transfered off to the MD, meaning if you have recorded something "live" onto the MD, you cant digitally transfer that back to the PC :( or if your mate gives you a disc, you cant transfer any of that back to the PC :(
transfer speed is fast, alot faster then real time!! you can also set the transfer type to be "normal" so that the disc can play in older MD players, but you cant use the compression on that..
i've had MDs for years and my new NET one is the best of the lot so far! makes me laugh at all those with MP3 players that need to buy a £50 128MB card, when for £10 you can get 5 MDs with a total capacity of 1600 minutes of audio - 128MB card about 160 mins? 1 MD, 320 mins....
get one!
Chaz.