> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 10 August 2001 2:20 a.m.
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> WHAT ABOUT CDDB? Your MD keyboarding solution can't take advantage of it.
> You have to type titles yet again for every copy of the MD you produce. I
> don't even have to type the titles 1 time, when trading 10 copies of an
album,
> if the titles are in CDDB.
I know it isn't exactly a documented or a universal feature, but remember
with many MD decks there is the ability to TOC-clone. I find this makes
titling MD copies of whole CDs for pals (when I already have a titled MD of
that CD, of course) an absolute breeze and it takes all of about a minute.
Keyboard solutions are also generally available for (Sony) decks, if not by
way of a standard keyboard input then by the QWERTY keyboard remote that
Sony sells separately.
Personally, I just use the standard letter buttons on the JE520s remote - I
sometimes like to personalise the titling anyway, rather than having every
name in CAPS. If you do a whole CD it can take 5-10 minutes, but I tend to
input each track name while listening to a CD being copied so it's no big
deal. How much of a nuisance you find it is obviously a subjective matter.
Personally, only having access to a PC at work I'd find dealing with MP3s
during my own time a far bigger hassle :-)
Of course it's pointless arguing that MD stands up to MP3 for titling -
obviously MD doesn't - MP3s have the titles built in and they automatically
carry down onto future copies, plus inherently they have all the bonuses of
being born of the PC (and I guess the limitations for those of us who see
enough of our PCs at work!). However, the difference doesn't seem that huge
to me.
Richard Lang
Senior Solicitor
Duncan Cotterill
Christchurch, New Zealand
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