Hi,
Looking at this:
http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/moren/78538
and the Sanyo announcement it points to:
http://www.sanyo.co.jp/koho/hypertext4-eng/9907news-e/0727-1e.html
describing a new MO format that's 20% smaller in diameter than MD but
holds 730MB, leads me to start thinking about MDs successor.
Sony has been slow (unwilling?) to introduce a higher density version
of MD, but in any case it would be only partially compatible with
current MD audio, and would certainly continue to incorporate a
data/audio firewall. Given the opportunity, wouldn't moving to iD's
(iDisc's?) smaller, *completely enclosed* package be a better choice
in the long run?
I'm wondering if there are any data or audio plans for the iDisc
format, the announcement only talks about still images, video, and
voice. But video recording generally takes audio with it, so at least
in one limited sense you could use it for audio purposes.
I suppose it is idle dreaming to think that in this dawning
information age a new format would be introduced without some sort of
firewall to hinder the otherwise fabulous possibilities of digital
content. But a "free" iDisc audio format would be a true and worthy
successor to MD. Think about it -- general rewritability and transfer
between computer and audio devices; support in the format for MP3 and
MP4 (aka AAC); multiple compression ratios from 40:1 (voice) down to
1:1 (or higher, for wide-sample, high-Fs freaks); and tiny handheld
recorders. It could be quite a cool device!
The thing is, the disc format (the hard part) is already done! And the
companies introducing this are not exactly tiny, in fact Olympus has
already made audio devices. Don't you think the iDisc Perl-corder
would be a dream machine?
Rick
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