Posted by Rich on 06/23/06 20:20

grant kinsley wrote:
> 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

No, he saw this in a store, so I don't know if the machine had been
upgraded.
But it's decent news.

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