Will the Hard Disk Drive MP3 player become Obsolete? Discuss
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- KVRist
- 55 posts since 12 May, 2004
If you think about it music and money is turning to the subsciption based business. I think you will have devices that will allow wireless communication. You'll have Rhapsody satelite players. Your device will have code on it that allows streaming communication. Movies, music, text, news, etc...I do think there will be quite an evilution before that happens though.
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- KVRAF
- 2285 posts since 20 Dec, 2002 from The Benighted States of Trumpistan
Of course they will. What a silly question. The whole point of technology is that it becomes obsolete -- as better solutions are found.
Let's look at some inventions which were stunningly high-tech at the time but have fallen by the wayside:
Vinyl records. 8-tracks. Video laser disks (the big ones, like 15"). Paper tape. Commodore-64. 8" floppies. 5-1/4" floppies. The 386. OS/2, alas. Micro-channel architecture. VESA bus. Windows 3. Apple II. 8-bit audio. Creative sound cards.
I'm sure that if I thought about it for more than a minute I'd could multiply this list indefinitely.
Let's look at some inventions which were stunningly high-tech at the time but have fallen by the wayside:
Vinyl records. 8-tracks. Video laser disks (the big ones, like 15"). Paper tape. Commodore-64. 8" floppies. 5-1/4" floppies. The 386. OS/2, alas. Micro-channel architecture. VESA bus. Windows 3. Apple II. 8-bit audio. Creative sound cards.
I'm sure that if I thought about it for more than a minute I'd could multiply this list indefinitely.
Wait... loot _then_ burn? D'oh!
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- KVRAF
- 6496 posts since 26 Nov, 2004 from Frederick, MD
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- KVRAF
- 3964 posts since 31 Aug, 2003 from In a foreign town, in a foreign land
Maybe roll your own?daverich wrote:What I really want which I've not been able to find is a rack-mounted mp3 player with dirty great lit up buttons and a remote control and an auto-pause function and decent audio outputs, not these stupid mini-jack things.
Whoever makes one of those would be killing sony mini-disc in one swoop.
Groet, Erik
Pop music delenda est.
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- KVRAF
- 4222 posts since 23 Feb, 2004 from Tucson Arizona USA
The rotating disc storage idiom will become obsolete soon. In fact, it already has, for some applications.
Remember a few years ago when people were happily using computers that featured storage media in the hundreds of megabytes? Well, those same applications can be used on equipment that does not have moving parts today. Of course, the expectations have changed, as have the applications -- today we want production quality A/V, and games that provide full immersion, and we think in terms of hundreds of gigabytes of media storage. Without going all "Moore's law" on the subject, I'm sure that soon enough the slow 1 gigabyte flash card that I'm using will be replaced by a fast 100 gb solid state device, and when that happens, storage devices with moving parts will seem like quaint artifacts of a bygone era, like my old cubicle that was completely papered with 8 inch floppies.
Remember a few years ago when people were happily using computers that featured storage media in the hundreds of megabytes? Well, those same applications can be used on equipment that does not have moving parts today. Of course, the expectations have changed, as have the applications -- today we want production quality A/V, and games that provide full immersion, and we think in terms of hundreds of gigabytes of media storage. Without going all "Moore's law" on the subject, I'm sure that soon enough the slow 1 gigabyte flash card that I'm using will be replaced by a fast 100 gb solid state device, and when that happens, storage devices with moving parts will seem like quaint artifacts of a bygone era, like my old cubicle that was completely papered with 8 inch floppies.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 10597 posts since 13 Jun, 2004 from Alberto Balsam
That list doesnt entirely count as you listed computer models that are made of elements still used today.Jafo wrote:Of course they will. What a silly question. The whole point of technology is that it becomes obsolete -- as better solutions are found.
Let's look at some inventions which were stunningly high-tech at the time but have fallen by the wayside:
Vinyl records. 8-tracks. Video laser disks (the big ones, like 15"). Paper tape. Commodore-64. 8" floppies. 5-1/4" floppies. The 386. OS/2, alas. Micro-channel architecture. VESA bus. Windows 3. Apple II. 8-bit audio. Creative sound cards.
I'm sure that if I thought about it for more than a minute I'd could multiply this list indefinitely.
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- Banned
- 5089 posts since 12 Jun, 2001 from Wusik Dot Com
Creative Sound cards? Hey, they are still used. Only last month I removed my sbLive to put a more professional card. But only for that, as I was getting low latency with the sbLive + KX drivers anyway. 
Also, in SouthAmerica, they are VERY popular, as they are cheaper. Most musicians in SouthAmerica use Creative cards.
Wk
Also, in SouthAmerica, they are VERY popular, as they are cheaper. Most musicians in SouthAmerica use Creative cards.Wk
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- addled muppet weed
- 111343 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
pfft im already able to storee 800 albums in a chip in my brain
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- addled muppet weed
- 111343 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
nah thats the old 482 disc brain,this is a small chip about the size of a phone sim card.
much lighter and produces crystal clear sounds.of course you humans will need the upgrade before you can have shit like this
much lighter and produces crystal clear sounds.of course you humans will need the upgrade before you can have shit like this
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- KVRAF
- 4968 posts since 23 Sep, 2003 from Glasgow
All you have to think about is what people used, and made amazing music with a few years ago...even at the Pro end of the market then, a current creative card would tear them a new arsehole as far as processing power etc is concerned (even just a basic sblive.)WilliamK wrote:Creative Sound cards? Hey, they are still used. Only last month I removed my sbLive to put a more professional card. But only for that, as I was getting low latency with the sbLive + KX drivers anyway.
Wk
A lot of people seem to be under the impression that the faster, more poweful, more modern their gear is the better the music they'll make. That's a load of shit and we all know it.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111343 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
im not that tall,silly 