Bought this machine for our daughter's birthday after looking at similar products by X Factor, Hannah Montana, Disney, etc. This one is a bit more expensive but much better quality. 2 real (not plastic) microphones with a good length of cable to ensure that they don't come out of the machine when jumping around. Very easy to use - insert the wires into the TV and simply put in the disc and play. The music on the discs are "in the style of", but that makes no difference to the song. Every now and again you get some helpful backing which gets you back on track if you lose your way. The machine comes with 4 CDs with a good choice of songs to start you off, although the nursery rhyme one is a bit young for us. The machine has an echo dial which creates some good effects on some songs. The pamphlet in the box offers a personalised CDG with a good choice of songs for £1 each (min. 12). Looked on Amazon and they do 100 track CDGs for £6. We're going to have a lot of fun with this machine!