>Comparing MD to MP3 /is/ indeed an unfair comparison. Different
technologies, different uses.
But what does "MD" mean? What does "MP3" mean? People have too fixed of a
cloud of mental associations with each. Is MD 5:1? Not necessarily. Is MD
ATRAC? Not necessarily. Is MD lossy? Not necessarily. Is MP3
non-recordable in portables? Not necessarily. Is MP3 128 Kbps? Not
necessarily. Does Sony gear store ATRAC on MD? Not necessarily (the Sony Bic
lighter pseudo-MP3 player stores ATRAC on some RAM.)
What you we mean by "MD technology and its uses" or "MP3 technology and its
uses"? Neither is a firmly fixed, static, stationary set of features and
user-interface. It is one thing to debate *today's standard* MD gear vs.
*today's standard* MP3 gear, but it's much more interesting to discuss the
near-future *potential* of recombining selected aspects of the MD media,
compression, and UI with selected aspects of the MP3-related technologies.
If you debate MD and MP3 but only assume *today's typical* packaging, most of
your points will be irrelevant for the actual products that we see in a year,
which will always violate several of your unexamined assumptions about what
"MD" means or what "MP3" means.
-- Michael Hoffman
http://www.amptone.com/audio
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