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I received email from Nic Boyde today, he said it would be okay if I
passed it along to MD-L. Many of you old timers will remember that Nic
was one of the first MD equipment exporters from Japan.
Nic Boyde writes:
>Dear Eric
>
>I recently returned to Japan for the holiday I never had while I was
>there.
>
>(Either doing my full-time job - building HSBC's new Japanese
>headquarters building in Tokyo - or my other full-time job, shipping MDs
>and other choice electronics to the world).
>
>I got my hands on the MD DiscCam. What a nice toy! Top dollar though.
>Listed at JPY250,000 and discounted to JPY218,000 (Avics Nihonbashi
>5-chome Osaka), JPY198,000 (Shiijo area, Kyoto) and JPY225,000 in
>Ishimaru eki-mae, Akihabara. I didn't buy though - not enough money.
>
>Also spotted English language (therefore International) model in Hong
>Kong at HKD13,998.
>
>The MDData disk sold with the machine is called MDData2. Where you aware
>of this. Stated as 640Mb capacity. I can't remember what the specs were
>for the MDData disks I was buying two years ago...
>
>General impression is that MD is a mature product in Japan -
>manufacturers now competing on this year's shade of pink.
>
>Also very clear that Sony and Matsushita have no competitive advantage
>in MP3 gadgets - anybody that can stuff memory into a cool little box
>can compete - unlike with MD where VERY expensive licensing must be
>involved. We haven't seen mass-produced mainland Chinese MDs yet have
>we? I have already seen a choice of MP3 devices that qualify under that
>heading...
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