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- From: pat@wrs.com (Patrick Boylan)
- Subject: Re: So? Anyone have dcc yet?
- Message-ID: <pat.721591869@wrs.com>
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- Organization: Wind River Systems
- References: <BxKt78.2Hu@unix.portal.com> <27408@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:11:09 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch) writes:
-
- >In rec.audio, schuster@shell.portal.com (Michael Alan Schuster) writes:
- >>So, dcc is supposed to be on sale.
-
- >It's not on sale, but I got to see one at Kemp Mill today. They had
- >a demo tape at the counter (but no player).
-
- >I got to see it because I asked the saleswoman if she had ever hear of
- >the Sony MD. She gave me a blank look. I then asked about DCC. She
- >handed me one. Score one for Philps marketing! Sony get off your
- >butt.
-
- Sony's MD are available already in Japan. The one I was looking at (portable)
- was priced at the equivalent of about $650. I tried it out and it's not too
- bad.
-
- One of the two floor models was broken though. That always gives me a
- shiver.
-
- One thing I like about the Sony is that the batteries last a long time.
- The batteries on my portable DAT last about 90 minutes if I'm lucky.
- Is there an estimate for how long the batteries last on the Phillips DCC
- portables?
- I suspect that it is more like the DAT situation (extra friction).
-
- - Patrick
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- Patrick Boylan, Consulting Engineer, FAE Asia/Pacific
- Wind River Systems
- 1010 Atlantic Ave. Alameda, CA 94501
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