>From what I can see, Minidisc is doing very well in the UK. The largest home
>electronics retailer (Dixons) promotes them really heavily, and you can get players
>and discs in a lot of places. Woolworths carry blanks and carrying cases.
Also, I know a lot of people who own Minidisc players; certainly more than MP3 players!
-Rich
Original message from: Shawn Lin
>BurninSidy wrote:
>>
>> I used to read one opinion after another, more and more often about the
>> dying MD format. And I was shivering as one who killed a lot of money in
>> several portables and decks...
>
>In my personal observations, MD is only a dying format in North
>America. It seems to be doing fairly well in Europe and Asia, but
>that's what I gather from what other Europeans have said. Do you notice
>MD dying in Europe in your own observations?
>
>> I've found nowadays an article in a local Playboy ;-) (I live in Romania,
>> East Europe) dealing about the new and veeeeeeeeery expensive Mercedes -
>> Benz Maybach. It seems Maybach will become a stand alone premium product
>> brand but this is another story...
>> The fanciest car I ever saw features a V12 engine, transparent roof, onboard
>> bar, tv, radio, cd player and ...hm, hm, a md player...
>> So I was thinking to myself, if MD is dying that means nobody will
>> produce&sell it anymore. So I could sell my old and "useless" MD stuff to
>> those crazy german engineers to be refurbished and accomodated in the new
>> Mercedes...
>
>Oh man, I looked up this Mercedes and I have to say that it may be very
>luxurious, but it is HIDEOUS!!! I showed pictures of it to my
>girlfriend, and she says, "It's an eyesore!" It's sick to think someone
>is going to drop $290,000 (USD) on that horrible looking car.
>
>Shawn
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