Memo from John H Rolt of PricewaterhouseCoopers -------------------- Start of message text -------------------- Hi y'all Howard Chu pointed us to the Sony page http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/service/mdcamcorder.shtml#s4 which includes the following: "What Is The Frame Rate And The Transfer Compression Rate Of The DCM-M1 DISCAM? [ .. ] The Frame Rate is NTSC compliant (29.97 frames/sec., interlace 60 fields). There are three rates of Transfer compression available for the video data (292kbps (ATRAC) for audio data in either mode). They are: 8 Mbps (SP, Standard Play) 4~6 Mbps (VP, Variable Play) 4 Mbps (LP, Long Play) NOTE: ATRAC stands for Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding Mbps stands for Millibytes per second " MILLIBYTES?? Don't hold your breath, then! Regards .. John (Pse excuse corporate stuff) --------------------- End of message text -------------------- The principal place of business of PricewaterhouseCoopers and its associate partnerships is 1 Embankment Place, London WC2N 6NN where lists of the partners' names are available for inspection. All partners in the associate partnerships are authorised to conduct business as agents of, and all contracts for services to clients are with, PricewaterhouseCoopers. The UK firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers is authorised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to carry on investment business. PricewaterhouseCoopers is a member of the world-wide PricewaterhouseCoopers organisation. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
