"J. Coon" wrote:
> The problem, as I see it, is the manufactures want to keep producing
> newer models, like the auto firms do. They should take some of the good
> designs and keep producing it until they can produce it at costs
> competitive with tape recorders. With all the mechanical krap in a tape
> recorder to transport the tape, it has to be just about as expensive to
> make as an a MD machine. Sure the MD has a laser, and a servo motor, but
> if they made enough of them they would be cheap too.
> Several years ago Sharp came out with what I consider to be one of the best MD
>portable
> recorders ever made (just my opinion), the MS200. It was large by today's standards.
> But sturdier. It has a slot in design, which if you ever try using a unit facing the
> long way is an advantage (the slot facing up).
It just occurred to me that when people give the thickness of a clamshell unit they
never
state what it is when the unit is opened.
Anyway, it came with a 6 AA battery pack. This unit could play for a very long time.
The
remote that came with it stunk. But they offered a remote with a digital LCD which was
diamond shaped and great.
But instead of introducing the next model while continuing to product the MS200 at a
lower
price, Sharp discontinued it. It introduced the least reliable MD unit ever produced
in
it's place the 702.
It has got to cost money to "retool" any time a new unit is manufactured. So as they
kept
mass producing the 200, their price per unit should have cost them less.
I mainly use my units in the car and I don't hear any improvement between the 200 (I
actually have the Denon clone) and new units.
Larry
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