Posted by grant kinsley on 06/23/06 15:34

On 22 Jun 2006 15:05:22 -0700, "Rich" <rander3127@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>> On 21 Jun 2006 18:41:03 -0700, "Rich" <rander3127@gmail.com> Gave us:
>>
>> >Or is the data rate simply too high for the processing capability in
>> >the machines or is any minute spec of dust too big to be ignored?
>>
>> You do not know much about data streams.
>>
>> There is SOOoooooo much FEC on these tracks that a huge gouge would
>> likely not cause a drop out.
>>
>> So it ain't about the data stream. It COULD be about the machine's
>> capacity to handle said stream upon arrival.
>
>Worse yet. You won't even be able to play a good disk. Friend of mine
>watched the Toshiba $500 model for 15 minutes. Two distinct glitches.

Had he done the firmware upgrade? It seems that the upgrade has nearly
if not completly settled the issue of glitches in the Toshiba
machines.

G

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