RE: MD: Sharp 701/702s for 99 Pounds at RS

1999-12-19 Thread Alan Dowds
I may be wrong, but Sharp doesn't really strike me as a half-arsed company with no money to spend on product development... My 702 was cheap, looks good and works very well. Sony stuff is nice, but they have some wobbly foibles too. PrinceGaz wrote C'mon guys-- Sony can throw many times the bud

Re: MD: Sharp 701/702s for 99 Pounds at RS

1999-12-17 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > "PrinceGaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >Thats true Ralph but what MD definitely does *not* need is > >peeps being introduced to units like the Sharp 701/702 > >which will go pants due to utoc errors in 12 months time. > > Well in slight defense of the 702, I'v

Re: MD: Sharp 701/702s for 99 Pounds at RS

1999-12-17 Thread Jerry Jelinek
"PrinceGaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Thats true Ralph but what MD definitely does *not* need is >peeps being introduced to units like the Sharp 701/702 >which will go pants due to utoc errors in 12 months time. Well in slight defense of the 702, I've had mine for 21 months. I bought it in

RE: MD: Sharp 701/702s for 99 Pounds at RS

1999-12-17 Thread Martin Schiff
t, but IMO, they are overpriced and underfeatured these days. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of PrinceGaz Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 12:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: Sharp 701/702s for 99 Pounds at RS Hi guys, Thats true Ral

Re: MD: Sharp 701/702s for 99 Pounds at RS

1999-12-17 Thread Dan Frakes
"PrinceGaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Thats true Ralph but what MD definitely does *not* need is >peeps being introduced to units like the Sharp 701/702 >which will go pants due to utoc errors in 12 months time. I knew it was only a matter of time before Gaz piped in with the "I hate Sharp an

Re: MD: Sharp 701/702s for 99 Pounds at RS

1999-12-16 Thread PrinceGaz
Hi guys, Thats true Ralph but what MD definitely does *not* need is peeps being introduced to units like the Sharp 701/702 which will go pants due to utoc errors in 12 months time. Add to that the allegedly buggy Sharp ATRAC coding prob (even in the latest units) and the little extra you pay fo

Re: MD: Sharp 701/702s for 99 Pounds at RS

1999-12-16 Thread Richard Wright
Hi! At 10:32 16/12/99 +, you wrote: >Dear All, > >Picked up a copy of What HiFi yesterday and Richer Sounds have stocks of the >old 701/702, with battery and charger etc. for 99 quid. My missus has been >wanting one for a while (so she can stop nicking mine), so I went down to >the Watford

Re: MD: Sharp 701/702s for 99 Pounds at RS

1999-12-16 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Dear All, > > Picked up a copy of What HiFi yesterday and Richer Sounds have stocks of the > old 701/702, with battery and charger etc. for 99 quid. My missus has been > wanting one for a while (so she can stop nicking mine), so I went down to > the Watford branch