Hi thanks for replying. So back then in 1999 how do people load musics onto the minidisc? or were the albums on sale in minidisc media back then? thanks The model i purchased is mz-e90. bought it for its slim design, wo/ knowing there is such things as md, hi-md, recordable, etc. I really like this mz-e90. Is there a model out there that is recording only? I mean all I need is to encode my mp3s onto the disc, if i bought a nh600 that has both playback and recording, I wouldn't need this mz-e90 at all, I don't think. thanks.