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It was because I had a Sony Vaio Digital Studio desktop that I ventured into
MDs. Everything you state is wrong with the PC and the MD format does not
happen with my setup. It is certainly much easier than the CD-RW route and
everything including the titling can be done even while you are recording to
MD. Admittedly the Sony software to accomplish all these features on a PC is
not universally available. I only wish it was as simple to accomplish on a
Mac too.
> From: Timothy Stockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:49:55 -0500
> Subject: Re: MD: THIS is what Sony should have brought to market
>
> I have been thinking for the past few days about what is right about MD and
> what is wrong; this thread prompted these
> observations. Sony basically did a very good job designing the basics of the
> format, given the technology at the time it was
> developed.
>
> What I think is "wrong":
>
> 6) Many MD users (including me) still try to integrate their MD with a PC,
> but the current situation exploits the
> *weaknesses* of Windows and the interface, rather than the strengths of MD.
> (That is, even though both Windows and MD
> handle data in an inherently "bursty" manner; current MD requires an
> absolutely continuous S/PDIF data stream; Windows
> has a hard time doing this. Also, titling via PC is has suffered from a lack
> of software documentation and hardware
> availability.)
>
> As can be seen, my opinion is that technically, MD is almost the perfect
> medium. All of its biggest problems are caused by
> non-technical reasons. I just hope it doesn't carry these problems to the
> grave!
>
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