Originally posted by Gandalf
You do however need to buy new discs as they aren't rewritable (to the best of my knowledge anyway).
They are rewritable actually. I have an older model MD player, which doesn't have the mp3 capabilities, and I would swap it for a decent mp3 player anyday. It is a pain in the ass to record my discs real-time, but I would imagine mp3 capability would make it a whole lot easier and quicker to use….