"Ken" wrote


Thanks, guys, for your thoughts. On paper the Pioneer DV-575 looks
like unbeatable value.

IMO it is.

Bonus features - you don't even have to switch it on or close the tray!!
;-)

Thus: To start from 'Off' just press Play if there's a disk in it or Open
Tray if not. After removing a disk just press Off and the tray automatically
returns before it goes off. An unattended machine will automatically switch
itself after a while (15 mins) - I *think* (haven't taken note on mine...)

(Also, slap a little telly upside one and you've got an easy to navigate MP3
player with over 10 hours worth of music on a single CDRW!!)


What I don't get is why are there so many
CD-only players still available? With DVD-A and SACD around, is not
the CD format obsolete? My reasoning for going for a universal player
was because I thought that was the case. I guess the real questions I
have a how long can one expect CDs to remain available? Why, if
DVD-A and SACD are so superior (in stereo mode?), is there still a
market for CD-only players?


Yes with people who put the whole bundle into CDs and have now got to spend
the rest of their lives proving they are superior to *all* preceeding and
subsequent formats.....

(Sound familiar?? ;-)