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i pretty much agree with most of what was said here, another thing that
kidna backs this up is that DVD video took off like a bat out of hell, but
i've yet to see anyone dump thier cd collection to replace it with DVD audio
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From: "las" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 11:38 PM
Subject: MD: If MDs had come out before CDs
>
> Hi all.
>
> I just thought about something. If MDs had come out BEFORE CDs, I wonder
if
> CDs would have caught on as well?
>
> What advantages does the CD have over an MD. If any, the only argument
can
> be that it does not use as much compression (any with a limited background
in
> recording will tell you that all recorded music has some compression in
it).
>
> The fact that HDCDs and such don't seem to be catching on tells me that it
is
> NOT improved sound quality that makes people choose the CD over the MD.
OK,
> this is a 180 degree of my prior thinking.
>
> The MD should have been conceived with the possibility of a future MD ROM,
> rather than incompatible and very slow Data MDs. They should have also
made
> the data storage capabilities of the MD greater. Even if they had to make
> them 2 sided the way floppy discs are.
>
> Nah!! 140 MB is still more than a ZIP drive. The fact that Iomega is
still
> in business after all of the defective products they threw at the public
> amazes me. They lost a class action suit big time over none readable
Ditto
> tape drives (I think that there were Zips involved too).
>
> I don't think that enough of the public made them give their money back.
I
> have a drive and a bunch of tapes sitting around that I never bothered to
get
> my money back for.
>
> The public seems to find video quality more important (or noticeable) than
> audio. Look at the way DVDs caught on and are overtaking VHS (don't give
me
> the, "then why didn't Beta make it over VHS because Beta had a better
> picture"? First off I never found that to be factual and I owned both.
> Second, the video quality was relative to the tape speed and Beta just ddi
> not have enough tape on it to run fast enough to offer a better picture
than
> VHS).
>
> Convenience and familiarity most be factors with DVD too. People just
feel
> comfortable with CDs. I don't understand it. You'd think that when they
> introduced DVDs they would have had them in a protective shell (but they
> wanted the players to be compatible with CDs and CD ROMs).
>
> MD has IMHO already peaked in the US (not much of a peak at that) and will
be
> around for a long time (thanks to the internet and international means of
> obtaining MD from Japan I guess Sony feels that there is still enough of a
> market to offer a limited number of models in the US and introduce some of
> the newer technologies (like LPMD).
>
> I place a large part of the blame on Sony and greed. Then never promoted
MD
> correctly and did not drop the prices to acceptable levels in the US.
They
> also needed to make simpler, more user friendly models for the general
> public.
>
> I don't believe that the majority of the public could give a damn about
> titling and find the editing capabilities of MD beyond their needs. They
> should make "idiot" models at a very low price that allow you to record
and
> record over, just like a cassette.
>
> Move, delete single track delete, delete all, etc. are just too much for a
> public where their VCRs blink 12:00...12:00....12:00.... all of the time.
> The fact that so many people own computers (yes Shawn, even old people
like
> me) and can surf the net and load programs is beyond my understanding.
>
> I think it just shows that if you really want to use something and feel
the
> need to use it you will take the time to learn how to do so.
> Larry
>
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