Thanks, thats a lot of info ;-) I like i-tunes, but i really hate the M4P format. Not allowing it to transfer to MP3. So with this format youre (i am) stuck with the apple format if i buy an ipod. MD i like, but now my only question is how "alive" is MD these days ? Are there still a lot of MD buyers ? Can i still get the HI-MD discs next year ? Regards, Rene