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- From: simon@ivem.ucsd.edu (Simon Lee)
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- Subject: Re: DCC
- Date: 29 Dec 1992 02:20:43 GMT
- Organization: University of California, San Diego
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- In article <Bzs8nv.AI1@acsu.buffalo.edu> kist@acsu.buffalo.edu (james e kist) writes:
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- >
- >Could somebody tell me exactly how Digitally Coded Cassettes differ from
- >DAT? I mean, since DAT has failed, how can any manufacturer possibly think
- >that they're going to get anywhere with this format?
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- The main difference is DCC uses a recording head similar to the conventional
- cassette heads, which allows the use of both analog and digitally encoded
- cassettes. DAT uses a helical scan rotating drum for the read/write head
- which was susceptable to misalignment, just like a VCR head. I think it
- didn't catch on because it was another format. People already had a lot of
- CD's and tapes, why buy another tape system for digital when CD's were there?
- I heard the DCC system and it sounds nice. I haven't heard the MiniDisc
- system yet, but I think between the DCC and MiniDisc, the MiniDisc is more
- convienient, especially when they get a rewritable system out. They have a
- faster seek, no tape to get munched, and they even have a protective case like
- the DCC tapes, so you can change MiniDiscs in a car without worring about
- scratches :)
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- * Simon Lee * Microscopy and Imaging Resource *
- * simon@ivem.ucsd.edu * Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscopy *
- * sulee@ucsd.edu * UC San Diego, Dept. of Neuroscience *
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