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kz08+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ken Zuroski) writes:
: Speaking of the new digital formats, I've yet to see either DCC or MD
: pre-recorded media for sale in music shops. My questions: how are they
: gonna package these things? I assume the DCC can fit into the old analog
: cassette containers, but what about the MD diskettes? With all the fuss
: from the record stores about CD packaging, I'm interested in what the
: record companies have planned for the new formats.

I saw MD prerecorded disks in Tower Records in LA a few days ago.
It was rather strange--things that looked like 3.5 inch floppy disks
stuck inside cases that were VERY similar to cassettes'.  Not at all like
CD packaging.

No surprise there! 

Prices were I think all 13.99 or 14.99.

I wonder if it's a marketing mistake, though.  I suspect people will
pay more for something that looks like a CD then for something that
looks like a tape.

Or maybe Sony simply wants to keep their 'brand identities' somewhat
separate, though the "Mini Disc" label looks very similar to the CD
logo.

From a consumer point of view, the MD players are alot "neater" than
DCC players.  No rewinding, bump-resistant, and recording as a file-system.

Clear advantages over DCC.  Does b/w compatibility matter that much?

: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: Ken Zuroski
: Department of English
: Carnegie Mellon University
: Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
: kz08@cmu.edu
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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