I think this addresses more those people (I count myself in) who already own a Minidisc and a number of discs.
Gwendal > -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:32 PM > To: Maxim Sullivan Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) SONY....................BONY first things > to consider... > > the 45 hours of music is encoded at 48kbs, which is pitiful > quality. mp3's > at their 'lowest' quality should be 128- so your hours is now > down to 15. > > if 15 hours of music is all you're looking for, than there's > much smaller- > cheaper- mp3 player out there than either the ipod or the sony. > > also- i wonder how the music transfer works? it takes about > 30 minutes to > load 30GB of music onto my ipod via USB2. > > things to look into before buying. > > > On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Maxim Sullivan wrote: > > > And to think I was considering buying an IPOD. This looks > much cooler, > > cheaper, better.....and you can replace the battery :-) > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3378627.stm > > > > > > Max > > > > > > >