Re: MD: What is Sony thinking?

2000-12-15 Thread Anthony Lalande
... The real culprit in this battle is the RIAA, whose silly rules create the problem in the first place. If it weren't for the fact that, for legal reasons, every consumer device capable of recording digital audio sold in the US must be classified as either an audio recorder or a computer

RE: MD: What is Sony thinking?!?

2000-12-13 Thread bryan . phelan
Agreed. I think that MP3 is far too computer-intensive. Granted, downloading MP3s is far easier if you have a power connection to the Internet instead of a dial-up, but I still feel it's just too much trouble for not enough quality. Jonathan C. R. Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Tell me about

re: MD: What is Sony thinking?

2000-12-13 Thread Timothy Stockman
With respect to the 1X PC - MD problem and why they havent come out with a recorder with a decent built-in USB interface, I think they're play "both sides of the fence" when it comes to issues of whether MD classifies as a music recorder or a computer peripheral. The real culprit in this

RE: MD: What is Sony thinking?!?

2000-12-12 Thread J. C. R. Davis
chaulsr [EMAIL PROTECTED]: And last, personally I prefer MD. It's easy to record, I just snap in a CD and a MD then press several buttons. For MP3, I need to go through all those softwares and have to spare my computer. Agreed. I think that MP3 is far too computer-intensive. Granted,

Re: MD: What is Sony thinking?!?

2000-12-12 Thread Matt Wall
comes i'm sticking with MD. - Original Message - From: "chaulsr" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:03 AM Subject: RE: MD: What is Sony thinking?!? From what I observed Sony had changed the way it market MD in the past 2 years. Wh

Re: MD: What is Sony thinking?!?

2000-12-12 Thread I Can Not Tell You
live with slow speed when i compare the costs :) - Original Message - From: "Matt Wall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 11:57 AM Subject: Re: MD: What is Sony thinking?!? this kinda has to do with this subject, but only a little. last

Re: MD: What is Sony thinking?!?

2000-12-11 Thread J. Coon
It's the same thinking that brought us that beloved END SEARCH button that lets people record over material they want to keep. David Helgerson wrote: How can the folks at Sony be so thick-headed? The Fall 2000 issue of Sony Style magazine advises us to connect the USB PCLink to our