Sony launches iPod "rival"

[michaelab]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3855745.stm

"The device will be incompatible with other online stores and cannot play tunes in the popular MP3 format."

Note to museum curators: File next to "Betamax"

Michael.

 

[voodoo]

Doesn't stand a chance .

 

[joel]

Note to museum curators: File next to "Betamax"

Actually, Betamax lives on in modified form as Betacam - which is what pretty much all TV programmes made everywhere for the last 20 years have been made with. Sony still has a pretty good grip on this market, and has quite possibly made more money from its format than Victor has from VHS...[/QUOTE]

 

[tom_nieto]

They should stick to netMD. If they had pushed MD more in the first place it might have stood a chance over CD-R. If they branch out they'll end up with 2 mediocre products rather than one good one. If it uses the same software as the NetMD then that could be a serious problem for them as it's wasily the worst part of the package.

 

[Tom]

How do they intend to connect to it? If it only does USB and/or firewire then nobody will touch it. However, if it has optical in/out a la iRiver H series then it may tempt the masses who are still using CD or MD for portable use.

 

[nsherin]

I thought this was a strange concept - the propriatary format is almost a non-starter. I also thought they were bringing out an MD format that could hold 1GB of music.

 

[Tom]

It's called hi-MD, and there's a nice FAQ about it here. http://www.minidisc.org/hi-md_faq.html

 

[nsherin]

Thanks, Tom. I'd forgotten the name of it.

 

[Tom]

Interestingly, it appears to be possible to store audio at 44.1khz 16bit on Hi-MD. Not that many people are interested in quality in portable music any more. Why is everyone obsessed with compressing their music?!

 

[julian2002]

yet another dismal effort from a company that has completely misunderstood todays market forces. perhaps if they'd offered compatibility with i-pod but their own proprietory format was used in addition to offer more space and lower prices then they might have had a chance. as it stands it looks like it'll be consigned to historys round file. time for sony to fire another 20,000 people - hopefully from the little hitlers that control video game submissions - oh please....
cheers


julian

 

[I-S]

I've just figured out what your sig means julian...

 

[Tom]

and for those of us with a lower IQ that Isaac?

 

[BL21DE3]

Tom, dig out a copy of the periodic table

 

[julian2002]

cheers


julian

 

[Sgt Rock]

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Molybdenum Thorium Erbium Fluorine Uranium Carbon Potassium Erbium
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Ah I get it now

 

[stumblin]

Filthy child - wash your mouth out with soap.

 

[MikeD]

i'm scared that i managed to work it out from memory didn't think i remembered any chemistry been 4 years since i failed my Higher Chemistry exams.

and on topic, the term 'flop' has never had such meaning

 

[Tom]

It is a mark of how short my memory is that I took GCSE Chemistry less than a month ago!

 

[Ultrasonic]

Laugh all u like guys but i cant figure out what julians sig means???ive sat here for 20mins

some1 plz enlighten me

Ultra

 

[Tom]

Mo Th Er F U C K Er

The chemical symbols of the elements listed.

I had to look it up though!