Mp3 Players
As of late, there has been a new force arising in the music industry, this being Mp3. There has been an explosion of interest in Mp3 primarily thanks to the internet. People can easily download nearly any song they want for the price of a phone call. Mp3 (short for MPEG-1, Layer 3) is compressed digital audio. Songs can be 'Ripped' from a CD with ease. A typical .WAV (CD Audio) file would take up around 40 mb, whereas the compressed Mp3 version of the same song would take up a mere 4 mb. This is one of the reasons Mp3 is so popular. Until now Mp3 files have been confined to computers, which has been their major downfall, but over the last year the first generation of portable Mp3 players has arisen. These have been slow to take off in Australia but are experiencing huge sales internationally. One of the advantages in Mp3 players is that they have no moving parts, so there is none of the jumping or skipping found in CD players. Usually the player comes with a program designed to extract CD files, encode them to Mp3 then send them to the player. The Mp3 files are downloaded from the PC into the unit's memory. The type of memory is called Flash memory and the player typi
The future of Mp3 music is looking quite promising, although the outcome of the Napster case will prove important. There will continue to be many developments in the field, and as popularity grows, so will the amount of attention major electronics companies give Mp3. The internet will continue to be the major place of music swapping, no matter what happens in the Napster case. Personally I think that Mp3 players are a very good idea, but the problem with memory could be a major stumbling point. HardDisk players are a good initiative, but they have the problem of skipping, although not nearly as bad as the portable CD player. I think that Flash Memory is the way to go, although there will have to be some major advancements in the field. Certainly Mp3 players should continue to be developed, and it will be interesting to see in which direction they go from here. Mp3 players are continually developing and new players are always being released. The amount of competition in the marketplace will continuously push the technology forwards. Technology such as the Mp3 CD players has been criticized for the many bugs found in the first wave of products. Mp3 CD players should be further developed before being released. I feel that HardDisk players are the way to go. Although there are only a couple out in the marketplace they are r
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