On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Stuart Howlette wrote:
>
> I myself see three effects that this NetMD is going to cause.
>
> 1) Current users of MiniDisc will praise the speed of transfer.
Agreed. This is pretty much what I've been waiting for, and why I
didn't buy one of the new mdlp units to replace my R50. This will also
make minidisc a very strong competitor to the mp3 players. I hope there
is a utility to easily and QUICKLY convert mp3 to atrac.
>
> 2) New users will buy these as (from what I can see) the media is cheaper,
> unless they need new types of discs, but then it'll be a different format
> altogether
The release states that music recorded (saved) on the NetMD stuff will be
playable in atrac and atrac3 MD players. There should be no strange new
standards coming out to mess with the existing customer base, only improve
on what is there, and add features.
>
> 3) Both current and new users will become complacent with even lower forms
> of compression than ATRAC, meaning the quality will actually continue to
> DEGRADE instead of UPGRADE in a bid to make files smaller and fit more onto
> a disc/memory card.
True, as long as it's cheap, (and free mp3s are pretty cheap) people will
not argue about the quality. An over abundance of lower quality will make
it a standard, and then the entire society suffers, with the ever changing
markets.
<FLAME type="bait"> Looke what happend with MS Windows </Flame>
-Jeffrey
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