From The Rare Guy Sent Tue, Jun 2nd 1998, 18:01
From The Rare Guy Sent Tue, Jun 2nd 1998, 18:01
On Monday, 01-Jun-98, jif wrote [about (idm) Fwd: mini-spam (urgent)...]:
>It's called the MPMan, and if you believe its advocates, like the
>Walkman, which
> revolutionized the way music fans heard their favorite tapes on
>the run in the late
> '70s, it could be the digital equivalent of the new millennium.
what the hell is so great about MP3's? I'm sorry.. but I'd never choose to
pay over $400 for something which can only hold so much information..
it's like digital cameras.. overpriced and damn well not worth it.. Pay
$800 for a digital camera which mediocre resolution? or buy a scanner for
$100 and scan the pictures in outstanding resolution.. wonder what I'll
choose.. not to mention that the quality is worse, because the digitizing
process always reduces quality, and at a lame resolution well.. there you
have it, and there's an extreme limitation on the amount of images it can
hold, unless you choose a really shitty resolution.
I've heard this MP3 Man or whatever it is can only hold about an album's
worth of material.. if that's so then why would anyone buy it? and then I
bet there's memory expansion for it that will cost a fortune..
I'd imagine there will be lots of people buying it, but in reality.. even if
you listen to mp3's.. why not burn them to cd or tape them.. I mean a CD
burner is cheaper than one of these damn things.. you can get one for $300..
maybe it's not the best kind, but u can get one :)
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