Posted by NRen2k5 on 07/27/06 21:46

FatKat wrote:
> fred-bloggs wrote:
>> "FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote in
>> news:1154029450.333187.17950@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> Mike Walsh wrote:
>>>> The reason that you get only 80 minutes on a CD is you are making a
>>>> music CD. You need create a data CD, i.e. burn the MP3 files directly
>>>> to the CD without uncompressing the music. A data CD with MP3 files
>>>> will hold 10 hours or more of music.
>>>>
>>> Reading this I wondered if there's a portable audio DVD player in the
>>> works - something the size of any handheld CD player but able to play
>>> mp3 files off of a DVD. Just one disk will hold more than a 4gb Nano,
>>> without anybody having to mess with iTunes or AAC.
>>>
>>>
>> Such as the Sony D-VE7000S DVD Walkman?
>
> Interesting, but I was thinking of something with the form factor of
> today's handheld CD Players. For the most part, I use music to jog
> with - are portable DVD players more prone to skipping than CD players?

Probably. But I think the main problem is power. The laser used for DVD
reading just drains too much to make a DVD player the size of a CD
player feasible.

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