I believe if Sony learns to push the right advertising buttons, they may
convince music pirates everywhere that MD is a much better method of storing
MP3 audio for portable playback. Have you ever priced Smart Media or
CompactFlash memory upgrades? Or the price of Sony's new Memory Stick
upgrades? The reason MP3 caught on is because people are cheap. When they
realise that MiniDisc will save them money in the long run, then MD will
catch on. Plus people need to realise the limitations of MP3 only players,
mostly that you NEED a computer to do any music editing or recording
functions with most of these units. I think soon we'll see MD players that
can access email, organize notes, etc. I think a neat idea would be for Sony
to make portable MD Data drives the size of the current players, that can
play back conventional audio discs as well as MP3. The machine could connect
to a USB port and you could have 140 mb of MP3 on a disc that costs a few
bucks. Just imagine the hype that would surround the MiniDisc then !!
Billy Hetherington
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>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: MD: Future of MD
>Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 13:52:27 -0400
>
>
>Does anyone get the feel that the market support for MD is reaching a very
>critical juncture? Panasonic has declared MD a competitor format and will
>have nothing to do with it, touting their MP3/solidstate portables as the
>future of audio. What does Sony stand to gain by retaining legal ownership
>of the MD disc patents/rights and the MD logo vs. what they stand to lose
>if
>the format doesn't catch on in the next 2yrs or so in the US/Canada/much of
>Europe? I'm just concerned over this possible replay of Betamax...may the
>best format lose as it were...
>
>A Concerned MD Fanatic,
> RJ Kirkland
>
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