TRUST SOUND EXPERT DIGITAL SURROUND 5.1
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6. Solutions for MiniDisc
The MP3 player has been catching people's attention ever since its debut, as this pocket size player provides
people with a more convenient access to the MP3 music enjoyment (in the past, it requires a PC to play MP3
music). Free download from the Internet, coupled with the easy-to-carry size, prompt many people to
purchase a MP3 player with 64M bytes flash RAM, capable of playing music for sixty minutes.
Nevertheless, the MP3 player is not that perfect as imagined. First, if the users get tired of the stored music,
they have to go back to their PCs for new download (it will cause inconvenience if they are out for travel and
have no access to the Web). Even if a flash RAM can be added to the MP3 player for memory extension, still
a problem exists. That is, who wants to spend nearly USD100 in order to save 5 songs/titles?
With the same budget (USD200), isn't there a better solution for the MP3 player? MD (Mini Disc) player is the
answer.
The MD player has been available at the consumer electronics market for a period of time, and its popularity
keeps growing in places like Japan, Hong Kong, and Europe. Each MD player is capable of storing high
quality 74-minute music, and one blank MD costs less than USD2.00-4.00. More importantly, the most high-
end 24-bit MD player costs around USD200. Since there is no expensive memory design, there is room for
the MD player to drop its price. Compared with the MP3 player, the MD player surely got the upper hand.
The MD player is destined to be a hot seller; nevertheless, there is one big problem with the MD player
application. That is, the MD player can not be directly connected to the PC. To remove this obstacle, our
sound card offers an excellent solution: the optical fibre interface. The optical fibre interface within our sound
card can provide easy access to people who want to digitally record the MP3 music on their PC to the MD
player. The optical fibre interface offers two applications: the output and the input.
6.1 The
output:
6.1.1 From PC to MiniDisc
PC to MD player: this includes CD audio to MD player, WAV to MD player, and wave-table music to MD
player.
