well now in shops in spain rh1 goes for around 300 euros , so this could tell in spain minidiscs are more expensive, i guess because of import taxes, as those are made in japan and some in malaysia and around there.. althought noone asked my opinion about minidiscs, i actually sold over 150 minidiscs by now(all of them recorders), and a pair of rh1 on demand, and i could say about them that the cool things on RH1 are: - you can upload an old 60-74 or 80 minutes minidisc recorded on SP mode , and is the only one that could do this job by USB(- it can actually upload recordings made by itself on MD mode, which also is the only one that can do this, but this is all) - it has blue OLED display but not color display which would bring it even more popularity(blue oled has also the rh10 which i consider better as it also takes additional battery- we are talking about portable minidiscs on here, not deluxe portable minidiscs to use them only on a desk and clean it's display every time you left it from your hands, as it gets easily fingerprints and they notice on it alot, and its display is so tiny and navigate to menu it's alot more annoying than on the rh10 which have a huge display) take a google search about rh1 problems to see they even have red-lens problems after short periods of use(yeah i know many of you never had those problems) - and finally after day by day use (excuse my english i am not the best one) it not resists very much in "as new " condition, looking at the tap which will "dance" sooner , as it is not such a solid stade product, as the NH1 which in my oppinion is the best minidisc ever made, althought it has no sp(md ) mode upload0record capability, it has everithing else, and some more pros: - the coolest REMOTE control ever made for a minidisc and i am not exagerating: it has big display and you can ENTER THE MENU and access 90 percent of minidisc functions , and a cool blue backlit which no other remote has. - a solid body made on brushed aluminium very resistand after day by day use. - i've used it alot and even drop it on floor without taking visible marks, the tap closes like a new one even after thousands and thousand of opens and closes( i also had new NH1 on my hands and i can tell it's true) . well it always depends which kind of floor you drop it - the battery lasts very long time(well the rh1 also, and i can tell they are 1-1 at battery life) and althought MORE SOLID AND SMALLER, NH1 weights the same as the rh1 but people we are talking about an NH900 here, so if someone interessed in NH900 please post on here