At 06:13 PM 8/24/99 -0700, Danny Boy wrote:
>
>"PrinceGaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>They may be kinda neat, but since there are no 8cm CD portie units available
>>theyre also kinda pointless ;-P Indeed a few CD players do not have the 8cm
>>centre-indented tray for placing them in.
>
>Any portable except the new Sony slot-loading CD will play the smaller CD
>formats, whether or not they have an indented tray for them. This is
>because portables almost always require that you place the CD onto the
>spindly manually. The problem is actually with tray-loading home units
>that don't have the indent in the tray.
I think what Gaz was saying was that there are no Discmans which are 8.5 cm
wide, so there is no point using smaller CDs.
But I agree with the original poster. No matter how awkward and expensive
they are, 8cm CDs are cool. :-)
As for this argument about copy protected CDs... While I am with you guys
all the way- it clearly stinks- it could have an upside... Which digital
format would you choose for prerecorded material in such a world? Can you
say MD?
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Archer
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