Although I never owned one -my first MSX was a Sony HB-501P with built in data player- I do agree with Sonic_aka_T that the SVI-738 X'Press is probably the most complete MSX1 ever sold. It's an awesome machine. The only thing to complain is its 1DD (360 Kb) diskdrive (instead of being equipped with a 720 Kb-2DD FDD).

During my first or second year in high school (it was 1991 If I remember well) I saw a brand new SVI-738 in a shop (not for sale unfortunately).

I still remember the MSX machines of my classmates (during my school and high school years): Casio MSX1 (don't know the exact model), Sanyo MSX1 (probably a MPC-64), Canon V-20, Spectravideo 738 X'Press, Philips VG-8020, Sony HB-10P,... most of them MSX1 machines. Few people owned MSX2es; I only remember two people with a Sony HB-F9S and a Philips NMS-82XX respectively. In Spain most MSX machines were MSX1.

My favorite is the first MSX I ever used - Yamaha YIS805IIR. I remember thinking how ugly the PC's of the period were, compared to the compact and sleek computer. Not to mention how ugly most of the PC games were, compared to MSX games (and don't get me started about lack of music in the average PC game!).

I hope to buy a Yamaha eventually; I currently have a Sony HB-F1XD, which is also a nice computer.

I rather liked the look of the Yamaha CXM5M/II. I never heard of that one getting upgraded to a 2 or a 2+, but I am sure it would be easy, two cartidge ports too

I think the GT model is better than the crippled ST, maybe there should be a poll?

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in Brazil I love the Gradiente Expert, these are just beautiful

Outta Brazil, the Yamaha CX5M, so sleek and has lots of sound features

My first MSX :

Philips VG8020 + DDrive 360kb + Black&Green Monitor => so many kewl basic games did.
For info my favorite MSX2 was then sony HBF700

My first computer was a Canon V-20. I remember two good things about this model: the "professional" look (or that was what it seemed to me at that time), and the ergonomic position of some control keys: in this computer, CTRL-STOP can be easily pressed with the left hand, and SHIFT-CLS with the right hand. Also, function keys are very huge and very comfortable to use.

My only "complaint" was that id has no reset key. Disk drive? At that time I didn't know what the heck was a disk!

SANYO MPC-200. The most beatiful MSX ever made!

The SANYO MPC-100. Has a better design as the Philips VG 8020. Both work fine for me.

GoldStar FC-200... it has a superb cassette interface. There really was no cassette it couldn't read. Though the cartridge connector is a bit too tight I think since you need to use some more force inserting and removing cartridges and the cartridge sound isn't well balanced with the PSG sound.

Toshiba HX-10... the sound is properly balanced.

My first msx was a Yamaha CX5M and its my favorite still . Only problem is that they only put 32kB ram into it. Its somewhat unfortunate that the V9938 is not 100% backwards compatible. Otherwise I'd say that CX5M-II was the best one or perhaps the SVI-738.

Indeed, the SVI-738 and the Yamaha CX5MII/128 (MSX1 with 128kB of RAM!) are probably the most complete MSX1 machines ever sold.

Not exactly like Cinderella, but the Toshiba HX10 is quite sturdy. I wouldn't be surprised if you could play soccer with it and still boot it up correctly afterwards to play Konami's Soccer on it. ^_^

Specs-wise I think there's not much to compete with the SVI indeed..

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Spectravideo SVI - 738 X 'press Because: Great updating possibilities if wanted (msx2+), built -in vdp9938 and built in diskdrive. And looks kinda cool as seen on above picture in Sonic Aka T:s post. But: The original diskdrive is very noisy, though. And the scc sounds are too low level if not modded.

I've just seen one on eBay: eBay link

My favourite is, cause i cant compare
i only had one msx - 1 the

Goldstar FC-200