On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:58:38 -0700, Cato Major wrote
(in article <a3upf35t89brncirq7u4og35kt83dr5ccm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> At least here in Italy no shop is selling MD devices any more.
> Even the recordable sup****t diskettes are not available.
> I' m going to recycle old ones, but what will it happen if my MD
> devices will crash?
> How is the situation there in the USA?
> As far as I know the major use of MDs is for bootleg recordings of
> Classical Music: and there?
Well, Recorder/players and blank discs are still available from a number
sources on the internet, but here, too, stores no longer seem to stock the
things.
> Any valid substitutes announced in the horizon?
MiniDisc was killed (or at least eclipsed) by the iPod and the amateur
recording market is simply too small of a niche to sup****t the format, it
seems.
The future belongs to solid-state storage. There simply is little reason
to
put-up with mecahnical media any more . While MiniDisc technology is a
marvel
of miniaturization, there is little doubt that a recorder/player format
with
NO moving parts should be superior.
> Bye,
> LUX
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