Sounds interesting. But the MD format does provides a good balance between home audio and portable systems. I can play the same disc which I carry on the road in a home system with comparable results as playing the original CD. Provided that the MD is recorded from a decent source, a CD of course, instead of the MP3s. I guess the results of dataplay will depends on the format it carry. But honestly i think it pose a greater thread to expensive memory cards instead of the real cheap blank MD disc. Raymond > >I was wondering how many others have heard of this new digital format that is >scheduled to begin marketing later this year(www.dataplay.com)? I read an article >today that indicated that it was going to involve a disc that kind of appears to be >like a minidisc, but about the size of a quarter. The disc is supposed to be used in >multiple applications(audio, video, ebooks, etc.)and suposedly holds 5 hours of "CD >quality" sound on one disc. There are supposed to be blanks that are recordable, but >one time only. several major players in the music industry are supposed to be backing >this as a new format for pre-recorded music, also. It sounds like a cross between MP3 >and MD. I don't know what the technology is that allows for this much data to be >stored on the disc. > >Obviously, if this is successful, it is a threat to MD as an ongoing format. I'm >concerned because, at least from what I've been able to ascertain, it will not have >the flexibility in terms of editing and reuse that MDs have. I'm also wondering about >sound quality. > >Does anyone have any more information about this? > >Chris Callahan >------------------------------ >home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >URL: http://www.coldwatercentral.com >Jazz Nation: http://www.thejazznation.com >------------------------------ > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word >"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================================== s K O q l H c http://sinamail.sina.com.hk Intel Pentium 4 Processor - the centre of your digital world http://it.sina.com.hk/special/intel ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
