This is a first, on two accounts: 1. The first Reuters headline with "USB" in the title 2. The delivery medium.
The article states, "A specially designed Flash interface has been installed...", but I can't tell from this whether they are referring to Adobe Flash, or flash memory as in a usb stick.
This could be a thumb drive using flash technology, or a small hard drive with a USB cable. I'm inclined to think the former, as it would be cheaper and the user could carry it (and lose it) just about anywhere.
> This is a first, on two accounts: > 1. The first Reuters headline with "USB" in the title > 2. The delivery medium.
> The article states, "A specially designed Flash interface has been > installed...", but I can't tell from this whether they are referring to > Adobe Flash, or flash memory as in a usb stick.
> Bob Morein > (310) 237-6511
I noticed that at the end of the article they put a small blurb about reissuing the remastered music on vinyl. *That* is interesting, too.
> This is a first, on two accounts: > 1. The first Reuters headline with "USB" in the title > 2. The delivery medium.
> The article states, "A specially designed Flash interface has been > installed...", but I can't tell from this whether they are referring to > Adobe Flash, or flash memory as in a usb stick.
Mmmmm.... A USB apple..... How to give your computer its five-a-day
16*MB* to hold all the Beatles' output, including extra video bits?
Can't expect a journo to know Gigabytes from Megabytes, I suppose.
William Sommerwerck wrote: > The article states "apple-shaped USB drive".
> This could be a thumb drive using flash technology, or a small hard > drive with a USB cable. I'm inclined to think the former, as it would > be cheaper and the user could carry it (and lose it) just about > anywhere.
They could have used a 16GB (or maybe 8GB) drive and done it lossless. Ha ha.
>> This could be a thumb drive using flash technology, or a >> small hard drive with a USB cable. I'm inclined to think >> the former, as it would be cheaper and the user could >> carry it (and lose it) just about anywhere. > They could have used a 16GB (or maybe 8GB) drive and > done it lossless. Ha ha.
In article <hcsul7$vn...@news.eternal-september.org>, "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgee...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >> This could be a thumb drive using flash technology, or a > >> small hard drive with a USB cable. I'm inclined to think > >> the former, as it would be cheaper and the user could > >> carry it (and lose it) just about anywhere.
> > They could have used a 16GB (or maybe 8GB) drive and > > done it lossless. Ha ha.
On 4 Nov, 21:39, "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgee...@comcast.net> wrote:
> The article states "apple-shaped USB drive".
> This could be a thumb drive using flash technology, or a small hard drive > with a USB cable. I'm inclined to think the former, as it would be cheaper > and the user could carry it (and lose it) just about anywhere.
> It's a USB Flash Drive (thumb drive) > -$280 > -320 Kbps MP3s > -original album art > -rare photos > -expanded liner notes > -13 mini-documentaries about the albums
They want $280 for lossy-compressed files?
I have an iRiver jukebox on which I used to have the complete Solti "Ring", uncompressed, with plenty of space left over. It would be a trivial matter for someone owning the CDs to rip them and copy them over, uncompressed, to an inexpensive thumb drive, or a juke box that allowed direct WAV transfers. (Not many do these days.)
William Sommerwerck wrote: >> It's a USB Flash Drive (thumb drive)
>> -$280 >> -320 Kbps MP3s >> -original album art >> -rare photos >> -expanded liner notes >> -13 mini-documentaries about the albums
> They want $280 for lossy-compressed files?
> I have an iRiver jukebox on which I used to have the complete Solti "Ring", > uncompressed, with plenty of space left over. It would be a trivial matter > for someone owning the CDs to rip them and copy them over, uncompressed, to > an inexpensive thumb drive, or a juke box that allowed direct WAV transfers. > (Not many do these days.)
The story also mentions 44.1KHz, 24-bit FLAC files.
> William Sommerwerck wrote: > >> It's a USB Flash Drive (thumb drive)
> >> -$280 > >> -320 Kbps MP3s > >> -original album art > >> -rare photos > >> -expanded liner notes > >> -13 mini-documentaries about the albums
> > They want $280 for lossy-compressed files?
> > I have an iRiver jukebox on which I used to have the complete Solti "Ring", > > uncompressed, with plenty of space left over. It would be a trivial matter > > for someone owning the CDs to rip them and copy them over, uncompressed, to > > an inexpensive thumb drive, or a juke box that allowed direct WAV transfers. > > (Not many do these days.)
> The story also mentions 44.1KHz, 24-bit FLAC files.
> -- > Tciao for Now!
> John.
Ah yes, so they do! Weird that the NPR article wouldn't mention that too...
William Sommerwerck wrote: >> It's a USB Flash Drive (thumb drive)
>> -$280 >> -320 Kbps MP3s >> -original album art >> -rare photos >> -expanded liner notes >> -13 mini-documentaries about the albums
> They want $280 for lossy-compressed files?
> I have an iRiver jukebox on which I used to have the complete Solti "Ring", > uncompressed, with plenty of space left over. It would be a trivial matter > for someone owning the CDs to rip them and copy them over, uncompressed, to > an inexpensive thumb drive, or a juke box that allowed direct WAV transfers. > (Not many do these days.)
No, There are multiple formats, at least two, at least one loseless.
rochrist wrote: > William Sommerwerck wrote: >>> It's a USB Flash Drive (thumb drive)
>>> -$280 >>> -320 Kbps MP3s >>> -original album art >>> -rare photos >>> -expanded liner notes >>> -13 mini-documentaries about the albums
>> They want $280 for lossy-compressed files?
>> I have an iRiver jukebox on which I used to have the complete Solti >> "Ring", uncompressed, with plenty of space left over. It would be a >> trivial matter for someone owning the CDs to rip them and copy them >> over, uncompressed, to an inexpensive thumb drive, or a juke box >> that allowed direct WAV transfers. (Not many do these days.)
> No, There are multiple formats, at least two, at least one loseless.
I cannot understand what the point would be in supplying it in a lossy format (such as MP3) if otherwise rendered uncopyable !
geoff wrote: > rochrist wrote: >> William Sommerwerck wrote: >>>> It's a USB Flash Drive (thumb drive) >>>> -$280 >>>> -320 Kbps MP3s >>>> -original album art >>>> -rare photos >>>> -expanded liner notes >>>> -13 mini-documentaries about the albums >>> They want $280 for lossy-compressed files?
>>> I have an iRiver jukebox on which I used to have the complete Solti >>> "Ring", uncompressed, with plenty of space left over. It would be a >>> trivial matter for someone owning the CDs to rip them and copy them >>> over, uncompressed, to an inexpensive thumb drive, or a juke box >>> that allowed direct WAV transfers. (Not many do these days.)
>> No, There are multiple formats, at least two, at least one loseless.
> I cannot understand what the point would be in supplying it in a lossy > format (such as MP3) if otherwise rendered uncopyable !
I'd be surprised if even one person posting here regularly couldn't get a bit perfect copy of *any* licenced copy protected content if they wanted one, using equipment they already have to hand, even if they have to do it in real time.
> >> William Sommerwerck wrote: > >>>> Or wait for the vinyls. > >>> "I Wanna Hold Your [tone] Arm"
> >> <g>
> >> Better than: "I Wanna Hold Your Breath."
> >> ---Jeff
> > Boafuvum!!
> Breathtedges? Wow.
> Nice.
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Years ago, I saw a (very politically incorrect) comedian do a parody of those late night 1980s commercials for multi-LP sets, this one for the "Orthodox Beatles". I split my side laughing at some of the ersatz titles: I Want To Hold Your Ham All You Need Is Lox Oy Bla Di, Oy Bla Da Hey J...(well, you can guess) (you say you want a) Circumcision
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:55:52 +1300, "geoff" <ge...@nospam-paf.co.nz> wrote:
>William Sommerwerck wrote: >> The article states "apple-shaped USB drive".
>> This could be a thumb drive using flash technology, or a small hard >> drive with a USB cable. I'm inclined to think the former, as it would >> be cheaper and the user could carry it (and lose it) just about >> anywhere.
>They could have used a 16GB (or maybe 8GB) drive and done it lossless. Ha >ha.
>geoff
The article stated the audio would be in FLAC format.
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