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Originally Posted by Chris T
Even so, the corporate arrogance of it. A selling point that it stores and plays back ATRAC format! And they list it alongside Word, Powerpoint, mp3 and jpg as if it is somehow of equal significance in the world. Yawn...
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Well, although I am an a iPod owner, and think Apple's AAC format is good, I have found if you encode a CD using the same bitrate for AAC and Atrac (which is the compression used by Minidisc), the Atrac compressed music will sound better.
I've had a look at one of these MP3 players. If Sony can market it properly, they could have a real iPod beater on their hands. Trouble is, they don't have a good record on marketing. Betamax was technically superior to VHS, but look what happened there..