On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I was wondering how many others have heard of this new digital format
> that is scheduled to begin marketing later this
> year(www.dataplay.com)? I read an article today that indicated that it
> was going to involve a disc that kind of appears to be like a
> minidisc, but about the size of a quarter. The disc is supposed to be
> used in multiple applications(audio, video, ebooks, etc.)and suposedly
> holds 5 hours of "CD quality" sound on one disc. There are supposed to
> be blanks that are recordable, but one time only. several major
> players in the music industry are supposed to be backing this as a new
> format for pre-recorded music, also. It sounds like a cross between
> MP3 and MD. I don't know what the technology is that allows for this
> much data to be stored on the disc.
I think they're using different color lasers along with compression. blue
lasers have a shorter warelength, and as such, they can read sectors that
are closer to each other than red lasers (which most cd/dvd players use).
Blue lasers are more expensive than red and I think that's limited their
use.
My lover told me something about this exact thing a while back. I think I
remember something about them having 500meg of space.
> Obviously, if this is successful, it is a threat to MD as an ongoing
> format. I'm concerned because, at least from what I've been able to
> ascertain, it will not have the flexibility in terms of editing and
> reuse that MDs have. I'm also wondering about sound quality.
I don't think we need to worry. Obviously, other digital/optical formats
are going to be out there as we move into the future, but MD has been
around for too long. And MD is not one-time record, let's not forget that.
Still, this new stuff is a cool thing. I have a feeling they'll make some
kind of portable thing for kids with it. Toys, or maybe players targeted
to the teen market.
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