Graham Baker wrote:
>
> Actually End Search is an unnecessary by-product of trying to simulate an
> analog cassette tape, to be precise.
>
> What you say may be true but it doesn't explain two things:
>
> 1) If ES is supposed to simulate a cassette tape then Sony should have
> taken the 'resume' function even further by adding a last position memory
> to the disc so that if it is removed and then later re-inserted, it will
> commence playing/recording from the previous position - something that a
> cassette does. A cassette has a resume memory in effect.
Good point. I think they just wanted to partially simulate cassette so
people used to dictation devices could use them easily.
> 2) Why is it implemented in the portables but not on the home decks?
I think this is because they were thinking that many people who are
extremely used to recording with portable tape recorders would feel at
home with a portable MD recorder. I think Sony had early expectations
that MD would replace cassette and microcassette for recording speeches,
dictation, etc. That's why only the portables have ES. I've never used
MD to record anything other than music, so I'm not sure if ES is
actually useful for dictation and recording lectures or not. I think
that maybe they thought secretaries and others who are not interested in
a slight learning curve over cassette would appreciate ES. On a home
deck, however, people rarely record dictation or lectures, so ES is not
needed.
That's just my guess anyway!
Shawn
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