geekbrigade

Fourbanks, I totally respect your opinion and of course can see the logic in it. I feel that too many people have the same mindset though. At the end of the day, it is we, the consumer who pays the money for these products and if we settle for whatever they throw at us then yes, the companies can dictate what we get to own. On the other hand, if enough of us tell the company that we are not happy with what they're dishing out and that we're not going to be paying for the next line that they throw at us then ultimately they have to listen. If we don't pay for their stuff then they lose business to companies such as Apple. In my opinion, this is why so many people are so unhappy with the products they're getting is because they never stand up for what they believe in. If more people told these big companies how unhappy they were and stuck to their guns then the company would have to do something. Sink or swim. Yes, Sony is huge but without people buying their products, how long will that last? A company cannot survive on reputation alone.

It might not change their decision and if that's the case then so be it but I figured I'd give it a go anyway in the hope that they will actually listen to what the consumers want. Chickenvenus, your suggestion of targetting non MD forums is one that I like.

Thanks to the mod for moving the post, your help is much appreciated and thanks so much to everyone who has signed and hopefully the many more who will sign. I hope we get enough signatures to get Sony to change their minds, as far as I'm concerned, it would be awful if they give up completely. I would like to see them go back to the start with Minidiscs, do the whole advertising thing (properly this time), market the units at a more sensible starting price than they did first time. I and I'm sure many others did buy several of the first few types of Minidisc recorder but I know that price is one of the major factors in people not even trying Minidisc technology. Personally, I knew so many people who wanted to find out more but were put off by the initial outlay required to buy a Minidisc recorder. It's sad that it's come to this. Sony are giants in the A/V world and I have a lot of respect for them but I can't help feeling that they've not bothered very much about the Minidisc sector and as so many people have pointed out before, it could be huge! This tiny little case with a disc in that holds amazing quality music and could probably be expanded to fit so many other functions. They could have become a standard type of data storage for PCs, videos and I'm sure many more. Come on Sony, realise the potential! Rant over, thanks for listening and sorry for the bleeding eardrums I may have caused but I am so passionate about this that I'm determined not to let it drop. Spread the word about the petition please and thanks again for your support!

Hi to all fans of Minidisc. For years I have been wishing that the Minidisc technology took off and became standard. But this was not the case. So, yesterday I set up an online petition to ask Sony to reconsider and try to make the Minidisc work out for us, the consumer. Please sign my petition and when I get enough signatures, I will send it to Sony in the hopes that they will try a bit harder. The link is: HERE----> <----- I'd be so happy if we could get Sony to change their minds. I love Minidisc, I think it is the ideal portable audio solution. Thanks for all your help!