MD: minidisc vs ???
Aparently, there is yet another portable music player, Iomega's ZIP, just in time for the Christmas buying season. I've seen more TV ads for it in the past few days than I've seen for minidisc in *years*. The ad points out the high cost of solid state media, although the ZIP media is still much more expensive than minidisc! Clearly, the ZIP players are the *least* technologically sophisticated, however, the ads protray them as *sexy*. I was just at Best Buy (Oxford Valley PA near Philadelphia) this evening. I really had to look hard to find their minidisc equipment; it was buried under an avalanche of Philips and RCA audio CD recorders. To their credit, they did have a couple JE440's in boxes, but none on display. They had an MZ-R70 and MXD-D5C on display. The MD/CDR audio equpiment was next to a bunch of bookshelf systems playing (rather loudly) a commercial radio station with really bad audio quality. This same store had a whole aisle of MP3 players with an MP3 information kiosk display at the end of the aisle. I guess marketing's perception is the MP3 is *sexy* and MD is not. So far as blank media, they had lots of CDR and CDR audio (a whole aisle plus some advertised specials in racks sitting in the middle of the floor), but virtually no MD, blank or pre-recorded. This last comment is a little off topic, but while I was in the store, I noticed that the lone Sony HDTV was almost buried beneath all the SDTV sets claiming to have "HD capable" monitors. "HD capable" looks to be a marketing ploy, because they only support a few of the HD resolutions. It seems that the Philadelphia area would be one of the prime locations to sell HDTV, because we've had 4 on-air HDTV stations for over 2 years! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: minidisc vs ???
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aparently, there is yet another portable music player, Iomega's ZIP, just in time for the Christmas buying season. I've seen more TV ads for it in the past few days than I've seen for minidisc in *years*. The ad points out the high cost of solid state media, although the ZIP media is still much more expensive than minidisc! Clearly, the ZIP players are the *least* technologically sophisticated, however, the ads protray them as *sexy*. So you will be able to listen to your crappy MP3 music until you hear the "Click of Death" that zip drives suffer from. Ha... - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: minidisc vs ???
We've had a little bit of a similar discussion, in weeks past. G However... On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aparently, there is yet another portable music player, Iomega's ZIP, just in time for the Christmas buying season. I've seen more TV ads for it in the past few days than I've seen for minidisc in *years*. The ad points out the high cost of solid state media, although the ZIP media is still much more expensive than minidisc! Clearly, the ZIP players are the *least* technologically sophisticated, however, the ads protray them as *sexy*. I've been asked about them, actually...and I pointed people at MD, instead, citing the less expensive media costs, etc. I was just at Best Buy (Oxford Valley PA near Philadelphia) this evening. I really had to look hard to find their minidisc equipment; it was buried under an avalanche of Philips and RCA audio CD recorders. To their credit, they did have a couple JE440's in boxes, but none on display. They had an MZ-R70 and MXD-D5C on display. The MD/CDR audio equpiment was next to a bunch of bookshelf systems playing (rather loudly) a commercial radio station with really bad audio quality. This same store had a whole aisle of MP3 players with an MP3 information kiosk display at the end of the aisle. I guess marketing's perception is the MP3 is *sexy* and MD is not. I live around the corner from the store you mention. While their selection has never been "great", they usually have 2 - 4 of the portable units on display, too...one or two Sony units, the Sharp MD-MT15, and one by a company...Audio something or other. They're usually out in their own display, though, not buried under anything. So far as blank media, they had lots of CDR and CDR audio (a whole aisle plus some advertised specials in racks sitting in the middle of the floor), but virtually no MD, blank or pre-recorded. This is true...I've never seen either blank or recorded MDs in that store, and I've been looking since I got 8my* MT15 in the spring. FWIW, the Circuit City around the corner from this BB, just off the corner of Oxford Valley Road and Business 1, has a few portables, at least 2 decks, and might have some boombox units, too. They also sell blanks, and I TOSlink cables, as well. The only thing I don't think they carry are pre-recorded MDs. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
