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> Jeanmougin wrote:
> >
> >
> > It's looks really interesting WHEN you already own a computer,
> a modem and a
> > CD-R grabber. But if you only own a MD, I think it is not
> useful (regarding
> > the compacity, the re-recording possibility and the
> editability). Moreover,
> > why a CD with all your music. I prefer to have one or several
> CDs for every
> > kind of music.
> I think you hit the nail on the head here. While it looks cheap
> initially, you have to factor in the cost of a CD burner for your
> computer if you don't have one. They are starting to come with
> computers as part of the package, but it still isn't very common. So
> $102(player) + $299(burner = a $400 mp3 player that can't reach the same
> compression rate as MD. The MPTrip maxes out at 192kbit mp3's... and if
> i remember right MD is equivalent to 320 or 356kbit MP3?
>
> -mitch
>
.. and it's still too big to be "portable", the build quality sucks
(according to the review), and I'd have thought it's hardcoded for MP3,
unable to play any other new format that comes along.
Plus it won't record ;-)
--
Simon
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