MD might die, long live ATRAC! I had a MD player several years back, honestly, compare with iPod, it's a little inconvenient to find/buy music for it, I think that's why MD players are not as popular as MP3 players. But fortunately, all new Network Walkman models from Sony support ATRAC technology, it's like Minidisc players that support MP3/WMA/WAV formats, only the storage media changed, you don't need minidiscs anymore, the music is stored in flash memories or micro hard drives, we got every advantages of old minidisc players and, we got advantages of mp3 players, is that bad news for you? BTW, I just got myself a NW-E407 yesterday, it's awesome!