Hi Will.
Couldn't agree more.
I have 3 or 4 MD machines.
All working properly so, far.
Also have 3 DAT M/C's. Only 1 works.
Am desperately trying to transfer all my DAT tapes onto a more sustainable platform, before the Hamster inside dies!!

I'm sure it's a Japanese conspiracy to make us gullible Westerners carry on investing in "their" new technologies, which have built in obscelescence already installed.

Cheers Ralph