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Years ago, when the 3,5 floppy disc drives were changing for removable drives with bigger capacities (zip, jazz discs), I had askes Sony during the HCC days in Utrecht that the MD drive will be the perfect replacement. I thought if the users can store the data in MD and listen/ buy music with it, MD would have been ruled the world without doubt. But instead of that, Sony made MD too proprietary (sonicstage) and data was non accessible with a computer. So when Hi-MD finally arrived in 2006, my first MD device was the NH600 and is still going strong. I still wish that Sony will produce Hi-MD devices for cars, since my CD-R collections aren't working so well and I have to make new copies every year!

Since my last visit in Hong Kong in 2008, I found one to my surprise in Fortress for a quite attractive price: HK$ 2300. Now I wish I have bought at least two of those!

Mmm.. Sony might be hitting the right spot. The design and quality reminds me of the super popular Walkman The WM-DD33, which I still have, kicking and alive. Just promote this very unit like the Walkman in the 80-90's, make sure drag 'n drop possibility and ofcourse affordable (max. 250 euro) and I'm pretty sure (Hi-)MD will be revived. Bashing all the flash, even the Ipods. Totally Agree! Now I need a HiMD deck and car audio with implement FLAC, kudasai m(_ _)m

I've tried countless attempt to get Sonicstage 3.3 (finally unlimited upload AND no sound degration) and I still get " permission denied, invalid password." But there's no problem to login the forum. Please check it out and I can enjoy my md even more.

I 've followed MD since the beginning. In 1998 Sony was present during the 3 days HCC dagen (nice computer event in Utrecht once a year) and I've spoken that MD is really well develloped and it'll be wasted if Sony use it only for music and don't use it for reliable data storage for replacement of floppy and cd-r. 2004, finally the Hi-md is there (a BIT late, because lots of alternative like mobile hdd and solid state). Since my first md product this year, a NH-600 for music and data & photo back-up, I've also bought a car stereo MDX-5800, a card reader MCM-DR1 and lots of cartridges. Today I was in Correct Rotterdam, who sells Himd (black) and Fuji's md pretty affordable: 6,95 euro and 9,50 per 5. Himd has't arrived since 15 September. I've informed that Sony has some "accident" in their main distribution centre, but Media Markt in centre 've tons of them in Blue version. But my theory is that the Consumers aren't very interest in quality, but for price and design like the huge popular IPod Nano (good build though). And Sony turns their target to the professionals which is unwise. Look what happened to Betamax.. There's also the Dominant Sonicstage, which decides what kinds of music you may store it on your md and only 1 upload is allowed. I've written, too many restriction for Customers, Sony will tie itself. And Sonicstage 3.2 appears with unlimited upload (really too late, market is saturated). But I haven't seen commercials on tv/radio's for years, how about the Customers? I wish some genius Marketing guys from PS -> MD and MD might be relived again. ps. My family use MD with great joy, we share lots of music and data. We do also promote on high schools and friends, but it really takes some efforts since MD 've slept for such looong time.