sony started selling a recordable disc in japan last week that holds apx 7200 mp3s or 700 wavs, and not because of some new compression scheme. it’s a super dvd with room for 27 gigs of data - the equivalent of nearly 6 regular dvd's, and they plan on further increasing its capacity (it uses a small wavelength blue laser). toshiba and other manufacturers will be releasing similar discs as well.
while there are at least 2 portable mp3 players on the market with 20 gig capacities, they’re harddrive based and reloading can take forever depending on your transfer speeds. that makes it tough to share your music as well but these new discs are just like normal dvds - recordable, swappable, portable and changeable on the fly. very convenient
- js.
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