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Non-Tech : The New Iomega '2000' Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Reseller who wrote (1401)	7/6/1999 12:44:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5023

>> how do you justify high ( smart-media or CF )consumption numbers with such a high cost per meg (the cheapest I could find for 48meg ( about 12 songs worth )CF was $108 ). << 1) The 10 Gig hard drive that most computers now ship with makes for a far more economical solution for storing music files than a puny 40MB $15 Flop disk. The song files possibly remain unplayable on the hard drive (pending upcoming final SMDI specs). But Loading MP3 in songs to be played is as easy as placing the MP3 player in its recharge cradle and dragging song files to its icon on the computer desktop. This is how it will be done. The song files will then be able to play in the MP3 player. Assembling your own personal "Mix Tape" eveytime you set foot out the door is as easy as pie. You can't do this if you waste your money storing songs on Flop! disks. And the introduction of Flop! as storage into this just means an extra step in the process. 2) You can regularly find 48MB CF for less than $100 now. CF prices are dropping monthly. I think you are going to be very disappointed if you think people are actually going to store or archive ANYTHING on Flop! disks.

To: Reseller who wrote (1401)	7/6/1999 1:33:00 AM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5023

Reseller, I am awaiting the final recommendations of the SDMI. I am not sure that "bonding" is an accurate term. I believe you are referring to the fact that the serialization features of the storage medium will somehow be used in the encryption of the downloaded content. This suggests that the "legally" obtained content can only be written and re-written to a unique storage vehicle (flash card, microdrive, Clik! diskette, etc.) This would seem to be an unnecessarily complicated scheme. I am awaiting the final SDMI specifications and it will no longer be a mystery. Until then, I hope that either the hardware (player) or the OS will contain the encryption function and the storage media will remain unencumbered. In the meantime, all devices can play standard mp3 formats. Ausdauer