--- Craig Bernard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I am to understand correctly, this is the same
process as recording from any other source, resulting
in up to 74 minutes of stereo music on the MD.<
Yup, it basically stores it as a native MD using
ATRAC. Sharp was trying to get into the 'MP3 == hip'
market I guess.
> Is anyone aware of any discussion within the MD
community of using the 140MB worth or data capacity on
an MD to store 140MB worth of MP3's?<
That would be nice, so I don't have to compound lossy
to lossy with the files I have encoded before.
> That would mean just over 140 minutes of CD quality
stereo sound on one MD for about $3.00US!<
If you have music that doesn't take much advantage of
stereo, record as mono if you like, 150 minutes of
audio on a low cost disc. For me, the discs are cheap
enough to stick to stereo.
The 128mbps datarate on that codec is widely regarded
as NOT being CD quality, but for most portable
purposes, would do just fine. As for price, I've
bought a 20 pack retail for 30$ US. I don't see
anything wrong with them, but I don't have a high
dollar setup.
> This could easily defeat the RIO type MP3 players
with their limited capacities, and absurdly priced
memory upgrades. They boast non-skip operation due to
"no moving parts" - who cares, MD has been skip free
since the beginning!<
The first RIO could barely take 128kbps, and many I
know encode at 160 and above, so they don't bother
with that RIO at any price.
<snip>
> Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. Maybe
it's not possible, but I can't see why not.<
Possible but not probable. I'd love to see MD data
make it in the market, but unless a drive can be made
for about 100$US (or less!) it won't make much of a
move against the Zip, despite the lower media costs
and known drive and media unreliability. Zips have
such a momentum that some people buy them because they
know so many others that have them, removable media on
computer isn't useful unless you know other people
that have the drives.
Although I am new to MD, I have been in computer
technology for quite a while.
Jeff
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