> Hmmm, as I never get tired of repeating (being a smug Brit), MD is
>*huge* more-or-less everywhere other than the US. MD hasn't died, and
>neither is it about to. Its just that unlike the rest of the world,
>Americans (with a few enlightened exceptions) seem unable to grasp a
>good thing when they see it. As I've said before, in the UK I don't
>know *anyone* who owns an MP3 player, and I've only ever actually
>seen *one person* using one. In contrast MD players are absolutely
>everywhere. I think a somewhat less US-centric view needs to be taken
>when looking at the market.
>
> Robin.
I have to agree on that. Out of all the people I know, considering portables: some
have
tape players (mainly old ones), most have CD players (largely cheap ones though, or
old
ones like mine), none have MP3 players, and a surprising number have MD players.
Britain at least (can't speak for the US or others) has plenty.
I was looking into getting a portable player of some kind for quite some time; I
settled
on Minidisc because it was reasonably priced (�190 for my MZR-900), with cheap, decent
sized media (especially recording MP3s in LP2), high quality (pretty much
indistinguishable from CD quality, especially on a portable), and versatile - record
anything.
No other media can do everything Minidisc can - MP3 players are expensive and don't
hold enough, or skip in the case of MP3-CD, CD players skip and are too large for
pocket
use, and nothing can record on-the-go quite as well.
So I don't think Minidisc is dead just yet - certainly not if my dream comes true and
Sony
releases a portable player that also acts as a USB MD-Data2 drive (Zip killer... CD-R
killer!)...
I know I'd buy one.
My 2p.
-Richard
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