The media wars have always interested me...
Let me start of by saying MD is my favorite media but.....
Dataplay is yet another nail in the coffin for MD. Although the atrac
compression has a foreseeable future, the actual media, MD, is dying. For
audio, 74 mins on a MD sized disc is ok, when compared to Cd. Keep in mind
then that it is compressed. Now, imagine atrac 3 compression on a 500 MB
disc. That is going to give you lots of music for a small dataplay type
disc. Even further, imagine LP2 mode on a 500 MB disc.
What really makes dataplay stupid of course, is the fact that it is a write
once type media. But, if they can make write once media that size, then
re-writeable discs are just around the corner. Heck, personally I like the
idea of being able to put a lot of data onto a tiny disc. Remember it does
anything digital, not just music. You will be able to fit a lot of modern
games onto ONE of these discs. I dunno what the bitrate of md is but, if 160
MB = 80 mins of music, then (very roughly):
500/160 = 3.125 (3.125 MD discs, per dataplay disc)
3.125 * 80 = 250 mins (500 mins in lp2 mode, i think?)
Just my 2c worth.
Gerard Naude
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