ShriDurga Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Here. A new recording device to replace CD's. So now I gotta buy the White Album again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levanel Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 (edited) Who here still remembers DataPlay?Here's a glimpse of the now-defunct storage device here: (Ahh, CES 2001.. the memories) Edited December 16, 2008 by Levanel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShriDurga Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Does anyone here recall reading of Dataplay or seeing any commercial products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levanel Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 They "folded"..A few months ago, there was some eBayer selling blank DataPlay disks.. but no drives. And a few years ago, I remember seeing them in Suncoast records stores.. (they folded as well). A real rarity, if you're into now-obscure optical formats.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekdroid Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 It takes a real heavy-mover (movers these days) to create, promote and successfully sell new removable storage/ CE formats, especially in light of the bulk of the industry putting heavy investment and resources into Flash media of various types. Either way, no dizzy discs in portables for the forseeable, I think.Dataplay's story doesn't surprise me. Their discs were truly mini, though.They seem to be focusing their efforts at 'trusted' computing with CD and DVD these days.http://www.dataplay.com/news.htmSandisk's slotMusic initiative is more of the same (trying to sell limited-capacity pre-recorded stuff), though Sandisk has basically just rebranded microSD, which every man and his dog uses in one form or another (SD, miniSD, microSD). So it can't really 'fail' except as a pre-recorded format, which it will fail at dismally You can't beat the storage gains you get with flash media these days. A few years ago it was a very different story, price-wise especially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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