P3D Re: RE: P3D Multi-track mini disks

["gl@xxxxxxxx" <gl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Minidiscs give much better quality than MP3 at the most common bitrates (you
can use higher ones, but the current generation of solid-state players then
don't give you very much playback time).  Worse, memory cards for MP3 style
players (and digicams etc) are horribly expensive.

On the other hand, MD is close to CD audio quality, 74mins on a disc in
stereo (or double in mono), and blank discs are very cheap - a few dollars.
The latest units come with around 40+secs of anti-shock buffering, so they
don't skip (unless you're shaking them constantly).

Re the formatting, I have a digicam that uses SmartMedia cards - I can't
confirm for certain that you can reformat a card, but I can't think of a
single good reason why you shouldn't be able to - I very much doubt that you
can't.
--
gl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabriel Jacob" <gjacob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Multiple recipients of list PHOTO-3D" <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 6:49 PM
Subject: P3D Re: RE: P3D Multi-track mini disks


> Jim Harp writes,
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> >Mini disk is a great format for live presentations - IMHO one of the most
> >robust data storage formats ever created.
>
> How does it stack up to the MP3 players/recorder? I would lean toward
> this because then it might be possible to use the memory cards in a
> mp3 player/recorder or a digital camera! I'm still confused about the
> different types of memory cards being used in those devises and if
> they can actualy be interchanged (heard from one source that if you
> format the memory card for one device you can't later reformat it for
> another device, which I find hard to believe) because I've gotten so
> many different answers. I'm sorely tempted to ask them, "Is that your
> final answer!?!"
>
> Gabriel
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