Hi,
I always thought that ES was a dumb idea. I had read all this thread and it
made me think about why
sony did this and why we don't saw what the point of ES.
Every one of us use his/her portie to record CD or music from other audio
sources. Maybe Sony thought that
most users will use their MD to record voice (conference, lecture or their
own voices) like a dictaphone. In this case
you use MD like an audio tape, erasing what you don't need by overwritting
by new material. It explain why home
deck don't have this feature.
Remember that Sony is selling music en MD so i think they prefer that people
buy prerecorded MD. And one explaination
for the difficult take-off of MD's is the non-avaibility of a wide
prerecorded MD catalogue. But who cares, I think most people bougth
their MD portie for recording CD.
Maybe the rigth solution is to offer ES as an option.
Regis
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> De : Scott, Tony[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> R�pondre � : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date : mercredi 8 septembre 1999 16:29
> A : '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Objet : RE: MD: R90 and end search
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> In general it strikes me that ES is not such a smart idea, it doesn't add
> any functionality that other portables don't have as you can over record
> on
> other units if you want to. It does mean that users (with good memories
> or
> no) can more easily make a mistake. I'm no expert in the design of
> consumer
> products, but I would imagine that it is a good design principle to make
> the
> machine smart rather than assuming that the user will be.
>
> HOWEVER if a few users like end search for whatever reason, wouldn't it
> make
> sense for Sony to at least give users the ability to turn the "feature" on
> or off, rather like the auto start feature on Sharp portables can be
> turned
> on or off?
>
> I do find it pretty strange that Sony decks behave like CD players in
> terms
> of operation but there portables seem to behave like tape. Its either a
> good idea or its not and if its good enough (bad enough) for one range,
> why
> not the other?
>
> Tony
>
> PS. to all of you moaning about the great ES debate, I look forward to it
> every year like the return of Spring :-)
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