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General reviews for Goodmans GMD-16R MiniDisc player (manufactured by an UK company).
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Will the MD ever replace the CD?

Reviewer: webmaster@digitalrace.co.uk from Kent ,UK March 28, 2001

The Goodmans GMD 16R MD Player has been around for some time now, yet it remains as far as we're concerned here at digitalrace.co.uk, one of the best portable music playing devices on the market. Even if there are MP3 players by the dozen on the shelves of your local retailer. How on earth can you say something like that we hear you scream? Easy. Sit back and listen...

For years now there has been fiercesome competition in the lucrative music playing industry. Fortunately for the consumer, there has always been a steady stream of top quality products with relatively little problems being caused by shoddy workmanship. The GMD 16R MD Player is no exception. It offers a 40 second anti-shock digital protection, a rechargeable battery, mains power lead and a headphone / remote control unit, that makes for a worthy contender for a hi-fi separate.

We have been testing this model for an extended period of time now and must admit that it can boast a very good track record. The 40 second anti-shock digital protection helps to fight off the skipping found in most portable CD players. However, vigorous activity is still out-of-the-question, as this is far from a sports-worthy. Under pressure, this and no doubt many other units will almost certainly skip and stop until the unbalance has passed. Fair enough one may think, yet may this be the very reason why MDs seem not to have taken off? The portable MP3 player seems to remove this element altogether - no moving parts means no jogging.

The humble CD, now as traditional and conventional as the tape and record used to be, seems hard to budge from its household name status. What is it that makes the CD remain as the preferred musical choice of the masses? Perhaps MD players
still seem to be comparitively expensive next to the equally good quality CD
player. Commercial MDs themselves could do with being a lot cheaper if their
manufacturers wish to draw in more custom - most MDs still costing around 10-20
more than even a highly priced CD. But then perhaps many too, are still waiting
to see what the latest advances in technology can bring, before moving over to
one media or another.

digitalrace.co.uk

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