An acquaintance of mine worked at one of the laserdisk manufacturing plants for about a year. He told me that while he was there the yield was never over 19%. That means that at least 80 out of every 100 pressed were tossed into a dumpster. They were hauled away and ground up into plastic chunks, melted down (that was part of the deal) and used to make drinking glasses.
At 11:58 AM 06/29/10, you wrote: >Easy with the laserdisk now ;) > >I still have a nice collection here. > >Kb0wlf > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:Repeater- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of nj902 > > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 1:50 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Converting the Kenwood TKR-820 to use > > with D-STAR > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "David Jordan" <wa3...@...> > > wrote: > > > > "... I think D-STAR will end up like Quadraphonic sound.just a matter > > of time. .." > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Agreed. D-Star had the misfortune to roll out just ahead of the > > economic downturn. > > > > D-Star may trudge on much like LaserDisk did - Pioneer was pretty much > > the only one backing it just as D-Star has one major backer. > > > > LaserDisk survived until a better format won acceptance so it will be > > interesting to see where amateur VHF/UHF digital voice winds up. > > > > This quote from the Wikipedia LaserDisk article may fit D-Star in a > > couple of years: > > > > "...the format was poorly received in North America. In Europe and > > Australia, it remained largely an obscure format. It was, however, much > > more popular in Japan ..." > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.5.439 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2962 - Release Date: > > 06/29/10 06:35:00 > > > >------------------------------------ > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
