I asked Sony this exact question, several months ago. Got no response. It
may
be that they want to go this direction, but aren't talking about it yet. It
amazes me that it would take them so long to release such a product.
-- Howard Chu
Chief Architect, Symas Corp. Director, Highland
Hi everyone!
I have read about the MD Discam on the Sony Web site and it only can hold up
to 20 minutes worth of video on one MD Data2 disc which can hold 640 Mb of
data. If Sony improved the disc access time for MD Data so that it is
comparable to a hard disk, they could end up with a product
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Hi everyone!
I have read about the MD Discam on the Sony Web site and it only can hold
up
to 20 mi
Well,
I think anyone who buys Iomega products deserves the shafting
they get with
the inferior products:
Here's Iomega's MD competetor:
http://www.iomega.com/hipzip/index.html
$299, with 40MB (20 minutes of 256kbps MP3) media costing $10.
Wow, they are
REAL cool! /sarcasm
I use an
Well,
I think anyone who buys Iomega products deserves the shafting
they get with
the inferior products:
Here's Iomega's MD competetor:
http://www.iomega.com/hipzip/index.html
$299, with 40MB (20 minutes of 256kbps MP3) media costing $10.
Wow, they are
REAL cool! /sarcasm
I use an
"iomega makes good products"? have you ever heard of the click of death?
No.
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If Sony improved the disc access time for MD Data so that it is
comparable to a hard disk, they could end up with a product that overtakes
Iomega's low-end removeable data storage solutions easily.
Yeah but do you know what you are asking here? MD is opti-magnetic which
means there are two
"iomega makes good products"? have you ever heard of the click of death?
No.
Really? Wow. I thought everyone would have experienced this crap by now.
Basicly you put a Zip disk (usually in another machine than the one you
normally use it in) and instead of it reading, it just keeps
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