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- From: colint@spider.co.uk (Colin Tinto)
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- Subject: Re: MiniDiscs -- What Are They?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.140133.1002@spider.co.uk>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 14:01:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.102747.1242@ultb.isc.rit.edu> yxl5388@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Y.X. Liu) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec21.080720.27222@ultb.isc.rit.edu> mds5142@ultb.isc.rit.edu (M.D. Shepherd) writes:
- >>...Is there a stereo sized component MD player, or is the
- >>portable device made to become part of the system itself? An MD component
- >>would seem to defeat its main purpose, portability, so maybe that's a
- >>stupid question. Anyway, it'll be interesting to see what happens with
- >>2 new formats out there.
- >
- >The price is around $700 and dunno if it's my problem or what but the
- >cassette tray always seems to get stuck halfway through. I also doubt that
- >there'll be an MD component, but hopefully smaller units will be made
- >soon.
- >
- >=Fractalman
- >yxl5388@ultb.isc.rit.edu
-
- What we really need is a stereo sized component that has both an MD and DCC
- player in the one component box.
-
- Surely since the decompression technology is similar (identical ?) this
- would be a reasonable thing to do ?
-
- Should keep everyone happy :-)
-
- Or maybe redesign a CD player so it will play MDs as well...
-
- Hmmm, maybe I should get a job for Sony or Phillips :-)
-
-
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