"Churchill, Guy" wrote:
>
> Shawn Lin wrote:
>
> > Laptop HD-based MP3 players are nothing new.
> > Here's one that's rather popular with MP3'ers right now...
> >
> > http://www.nomadworld.com/welcome.asp
>
> The Nomads are 6Gb too ... but is this replaceable ?
> The Nomad is kinda large (more like a portable CD player)
> Do the Nomads have the ability to act as a portable HDD (for
> any file type?)
> I do like the ability to record WAV uncompressed at 48Khz .. Nice.
Replaceable, yes. Not sure if this is easy or not, I didn't bother
downloading instructions since I don't have one. The info on doing the
upgrade is available here:
http://www.nomadjukebox.net/
I have no idea if they can act as a portable HDD or not. I would think
yes, but just guessing here.
> The bottom line is MD is getting swamped with all these other
> new technologies and unless they stay on the ball and start
> adding professional and consumer use requirements (like faster
> then real time transfers) I believe it will go the way of the
> dodo (or should I say the Tassie Tiger which there is a "small"
> amount of hearsay evidence that it may not be extinct just yet).
>
> How many others are starting to feel this way ?
I completely agree. MD has already become stagnant. Sony needs to do
something.
Many companies have dropped MD completely, and I'm sure others will
follow if sales don't improve soon.
> Funny part is, if Sony had been listening to it's early adopters
> (like the good subscribers to mdl) then they would have had
> the jump on all these new technologies and truly cemented
> MD's place in history like Vinyl, Compact Cassette and CD (now DVD)
> and not considered by the next generation to be just another DCC,
> DAT, LD, or BETA (all of which have their use, but in the "general
> public's" view are dead and buried formats).
Very true, I have been suggesting better MP3 to MD integration from the
beginning, well before the first portable MP3 player ever came out.
> PS: I recently came across some old video cassettes that I don't
> know the history of .. they are huge (50% larger then VHS and
> really thick) I've never seen a player that can play them ...
> anyone know something about these?
I've only heard of 3/4 U-MATIC cassettes and something Sony had called
El-Cassette. I don't remember if El-cassette was audio or video. Could
it be one of these?
Shawn
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