DAT vs CD
Jamie L. Jones
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>Subject: Re: DAT vs CD
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>Hello I think I have an interesting piece of information concerning
>the DAT format.
>
>I've heard that there soon will be a new DAT system on the market.
>It is called (at the moment) S-DAT. The 'S' stands for Stationary, which
>means that the head doesn't rotate as it does with the normal 'R'-DAT.
>This S-DAT also is capable of playing the normal compact cassettes...
>
>The sampling method used is 4-bit delta sampling...
>
>Unfortunately I don't have more info on this because my informer (He works
>at Philips Research) doesn't want to spoil everything...
>
>If all goes well this system will be introduced next year at the German
>'Funkaustellung'
>
>Well, make room for yet another 'standard'
>
This is no secret..
Details have been posted in a number of U.K. hifi magazines.
>From what I've heard, the digital data will be encoded on the standard
compact cassette AS WELL as the normal analogue audio - making the digital
tapes compatible with the current analogue players.
Don't ask me how they will manage that ! :-)
Apparently, there is controversy over the price of the tapes.
The magazine i read the article in forget which one said that the price
would be too high to make this system successful.
.jamie.
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