Re: MP3 player newbie

2004-03-26 Thread Kevin Graeme
From: "Jerry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 3:32 PM Subject: Re: MP3 player newbie > Kevin, > > Since you appear to have some clue on these things, what does this fall under? > > 64 MB Sm

Re: MP3 player newbie

2004-03-26 Thread Jerry Johnson
Kevin, Since you appear to have some clue on these things, what does this fall under? 64 MB SmartMedia Flash Memory Card (like for my Rocket e-book) Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/26/04 04:17PM >>> > "MMC/SD cards, which are more expensive and more fragile than CF cards" again, thanks

Re: MP3 player newbie

2004-03-26 Thread Kevin Graeme
> "MMC/SD cards, which are more expensive and more fragile than CF cards" again, thanks exactly what I'm looking for, but as a newbie what's a "CF" card, I'm assuming not ColdFusion pinochle deck? *S* CF = Compact Flash A solid-state media card measuring about 1-3/4" x 1-/14" x 1/16". Considered m

Re: MP3 player newbie

2004-03-26 Thread Charlie Griefer
2GB CF card: http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?dpno=278226 (altho the '(relatively) cheap' is out the window with that)... - Original Message - From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Frida

Re: MP3 player newbie

2004-03-26 Thread Ben Doom
> "MMC/SD cards, which are more expensive and more fragile than CF cards" > again, thanks exactly what I'm looking for, but as a newbie what's a > "CF" card, I'm assuming not ColdFusion pinochle deck? *S* Compact Flash, which is (relatively) cheap, ubiquitous, and can be had in sizes up to (tha

Re: MP3 player newbie

2004-03-26 Thread Guy McDowell
I don't know a heck of a lot about mp3 players either, but TDK is well known for it's recordable media, so it woul dstand to reason that they would be at least decent in their other products. Maybe not a Sony or Onkyo of the mp3 world, but I think you get my point. Here's another possible solution

Re: MP3 player newbie

2004-03-26 Thread Kevin Graeme
> To clarify the device has 128mb of memory and an MMC/SD memory card slot for "unlimited expansion".  That's the kind of thing on which I'm trying to get a handle.  That sounds cool, but what does it really mean? 128mb will hold roughly two albums worth of moderately compressed mp3s. Also, it's U

RE: MP3 player newbie

2004-03-26 Thread Ian Skinner
To clarify the device has 128mb of memory and an MMC/SD memory card slot for "unlimited expansion".  That's the kind of thing on which I'm trying to get a handle.  That sounds cool, but what does it really mean? "MMC/SD cards, which are more expensive and more fragile than CF cards" again, thank

Re: MP3 player newbie

2004-03-26 Thread Ben Doom
I've not seem anything like this, but I will point out two possible gotchas I see: only 64 megs of RAM ~~ 1 hour of music takes MMC/SD cards, which are more expensive and more fragile than CF cards, as well as having a smaller size limit As far as the TDK brand goes, I know very little about the