Well the front is coming apart, the screen is going as it doesn't always display things properly and the battery cover is missing, so it looks rough and is falling apart so that's why I've decided to change. MIC input and remote as standard would be what i want any future unit to do over my current unit I don't want to leave the MD because as stated "There are some professional (and very expensive) Flash based recorders by Sony and other manufacturers but I don't think they even approach the editing capabilities and portability of Minidisc."