What Gets Your MD portable Freak On>?

[mercury_in_flames]

well, what'll it be?

[KJ_Palmer]

Well, as it's "all about the music" I voted for signature sound, though to be honest they all get me going to some extent. And a few more besides, though I can't be bothered to think of them the moment...

Cheers

[cambridgeman]

I think some of those divisions, for me, come together. All my units are full-metal bodies. But that also makes them thin. In addition, that also makes them really durable and able to put up with any abuse.

(Not that I abuse my units! My AIWA AM-F70 just recently started to have hick-ups. It doesn't always write without caution! showing-up; new recordings don't play well anymore on other units. Probably just needs the laser or clock adjusted, someday! But it hails from early '99; and I have over 400 minidiscs recorded)

The full metal bodies also give them, for me, a distinct aesthetic, design appeal.

You didn't put on your list "unique technological features". This is the main reason I have so many AIWAs. Going back to 1992, AIWAs have/had always had a feature-rich technical advantage over all other product offerings.

Sony was ergonomics, Sharp was recordings, Panasonic pure aesthetics.

Sony always had a long history of hobbling their units. The early minidisc players had remotes that demanded proprietary SONY headphones. I think that was how I bought my first AIWA; so I could use high quality headphones, and at the same time use my remote. At one point in time, that was a highly revolutionary technology!

[AMPlitude]

i seriously have no clue whata keeps drawing me away from teh ipod craze and looking into minidisc again... i guess its just a great medium overall, and a rather exclusive one too

[KrazyIvan]

I voted for signature sound but we all know [Darth Vader] You cannot resist the power of the dark side. [/Darth Vader]

[Sparky191]

No analog in? One of the main features. Why?

[RobA]

Price.

My NH600D was 88 bucks compared to 300 my friends payed for ipods.

[dex Otaku]

I said aesthetics, but then, when given the opportunity I chose by colour. Colour is part of aesthetics to me.

[Sparky191]

Price.

My NH600D was 88 bucks compared to 300 my friends payed for ipods.

Thats a big ATRACtion for me too.

... Sony was ergonomics...

I take it you haven't used a Sony portable then. Ergonomics are pretty poor IMO.

[mercury_in_flames]

compared to..? Compare them to an ipod and yeah fine, but if you are just talking about their ergonomics by themselves, then my mz-r909 is pretty ergonomic. the scroll wheel on the side of the unit, and the play/pause/ff/rw button are pretty cool.

Edited November 15, 2005 by GregTheRotter

[Sparky191]

Pretty much anything else. I have a Sony TV and HiFi, and MD/HIMD units and they are all consistent bad UI design. Small example. Why is pause not on the play button on the HiMD units? The menu closes immediately you do anything. So if you are changing settings, you have to drill down through the menu continually. No backlight on the units. etc. Theres loads of examples.

The older models seem to be better. Though the remote and menus on my old G750 were annoying. My old Sharp MD has much better controls.

Edited November 15, 2005 by Sparky191