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- From: rjn@hpfcla.fc.hp.com (Bob Niland)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end
- Subject: Re: dcc
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:32:15 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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- Blair P. Houghton (bhoughto@sedona.intel.com) wrote:
-
- > Isn't $800 a ridiculously low price for what is the first of a line of
- > equipment for a new technology (Philips' first DCC deck is MSRP'ed at
- > $799)?
-
- I consider it a ridiculously high price for something that will PLAY the
- older analog cassette format, but which for purely marketing reasons will
- NOT RECORD the older format.
-
- * If you do not already own a cassette recorder, consider very carefully
- whether or not this arbitrary license-enforced-limitation on DCC decks
- will be a problem for you. Let me repeat: No DCC deck is ALLOWED to
- record analog cassettes. So what? - you say - most people already own a
- cassette recorder...
-
- * Well if you do already own a cassette deck, does DCC offer the equivalent
- of what that same $800 would buy you in a DAT deck? In terms of fidelity,
- I suggest not. DCC might be slightly more convenient for portable and
- mobile applications, but frankly for those environments, metal analog
- cassette with Dolby B or C is already perfectly satisfactory.
-
- Regards, Hewlett-Packard
- Bob Niland Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM 3404 East Harmony Road
- CompuServe: 71044,2124 Ft Collins CO 80525-9599
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- This article represents only the opinion[s] of its author, and is not an
- official or unofficial position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard
- Company. The text is provided for informational purposes only. It is
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