If you want to get a SmartMedia card, now is the time. These are being phased out and in a couple of years they will be as rare as a hen’s teeth.

Yamaha did us a disservice by deciding to embrace SmartMedia. Why would you want to be limited to 128MB when SD media has become so common and affordable with 1 and 2GB capacity cards?

And why on earth would they decide to add a 1.4MB floppy drive on their expensive state of the art Clavinovas? If at all, why not just add a CDROM drive? Who in the world uses floppies?

Ahh… I should stop ranting…

Tapas

Tapas..because now the next model will have it and you'll have to sell your old unit and buy a new one .....and then that one will be void of something we want.......
its a vicous endless cycle

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[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 12-22-2004).]

Dnj,

Right on my friend. You have decoded the secret recipe of the Yamaha Devil! Let me elaborate. Yamaha never gives the customer 100%. They make the next model just enticing enough to make you buy and priced just a fraction lower than the competing brand. But they never give you all you want to keep you happy for several years.

Consider their home audio product line. First, I bought the Yamaha DSP-A2070 multichannel preamp surround sound processor. It was a spectacular design with some ground breaking surround effects. The only problem was that it did not have a single digital input. Then they came up with the DSP-A1 with all the optical and coaxial digital inputs. Again, a fantastic product. I bought it. But, it lacked the component video switching inputs. They added this feature on their current flagship – the RX-Z9.

I am thinking of getting this, but I am hesitant. I have a feeling they will come up with a newer model that has the HDMI inputs that I really need.

Isn’t this stupid? Now wouldn’t it be a better design to make it modular? You need extra digital inputs? Fine, swap out a card. You need component video inputs, replace another card. You need HDMI audio/video connectors – just exchange another card. Why on earth do we have to throw away all our investment and start from scratch?

Tapas