Wrote RJ Kirkland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Actually the amount of data stored on an MD could be increased by 8x
without a blue laser, simply a slightly different red one. MD-Data2 uses
the different laser and a smaller track pitch to achieve a 5x increase in
disk capacity. Maxell has already prototyped a MD-Data that can store in
excess of 1.5gigs of data. But in both of these cases they will (most
likely) never be applied to MD audio because of fear that it would hurt
the
original MD format customer base. I think it would be a great idea, but I
understand how it could potentially hurt MD's use in the US especially.
My response: Now that I'm beginning to hear about SACD and DVD-Audio --
things are getting far too complicated -- I imagine that it will be more
difficult for MD in the U.S.A. However, I know that some DVDs have 2
layers. Could something like this be implemented for MD, one layer
holding the "regular" 74 minutes, and the other holding the increased
amount of data (either uncompressed, true quality music of the same
quality and length; or ATRAC-compressed music of extended length)? I'm
just running ideas through my head here.
J. C. R. Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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