Hi My MZR55 finally bit the dust so I repeatedly smashed it against the concrete until I was quite certain the evil thing that lived in the optical block was dead. But, just like in "Jumanji" may God have mercy on the poor soul that finds it. I also smashed the power supply, depriving the beast of its lifeblood. In any event, a similar fate did not meet various accessories included with the unit. The guy who wanted the battery attachment bought that part, but there are more available. What I have left are two of the soft leather cases from Argentina -one fits the unit with the AA battery pack attached, the other without it, remote controls, manuals, at least one of the NiMh batteries, maybe two-some other stuff as well, I guess-whatever came with them (I had a bunch as they kept on dying and being replaced while under warranty-see story below.) I also have the AC adapter for the Sharp 702 and the external battery pack for the MZ-E3 that houses the lithium-ion battery, the credit card remote control for the ZS-M1, etc. If you're interested in any of this stuff, E me. The MZR55 was supposedly repaired by Sony a few weeks ago-the charge was $100 which I didn't pay because I told them not to do it (it was sent in along with a tripod and the MDS-JA20ES) they did it anyway and sent it back to me-evidently they didn't do a very good job or it couldn't be repaired anymore so I'm certainly glad I didn't pay for it. I used it a lot for titling whenever the MDS-JA20ES would return a disc labeled "No Name" after extensive editing when the titles would still be there but the JA20ES was unable to read them (at least it never returned a TOC error, which would have been much worse)-whereupon I would insert the disc into the MZR55 and retitle everything by writing the same titles back which the R55 could read. I would just push the buttons through the title without changing anythng and then write the new title onto the discs TOC-whereupon the JA20ES could read the titles again-but it was a real pain in the ass and the R55 did not like the process very much. Without a doubt, the R55 is the WORST of the many MD recorders I have owned-I think I fried five or six of them under warranty (mostly by renaming discs) without even trying. I hope the R90 fares better-it seems to be a more solid machine anyway. I will never, never, never again buy an R55. Incidentally, the D-VHS machine works much like a DAT or MD-it records video and audio data (not a video signal like a standard VCR) perfectly which the HDTV decoder displays on the HDTV. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
