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By putting movie formats on SD chips instead of DVD's or even now Blue ray. the SD chips are already becoming cheaper and cheaper to produce and in the near future should be cost effective to put movies onto. Now they could be used for Music CDs since they don't need as large of SD memory. You can buy
1GB memory chips online for just a few dollars at retail, so in bulk they could probably be purchased at a fraction of that already.
I think its beneficial because they don't damage as easily as Discs, and there much more compact and easier to carry around. the drives for them are cheap and much smaller and lighter as well. A SD card player could be the size of a match box.
Creative Zen
http://uk.europe.cr...y=214&product=16999
[coprocephalous, Jul 09 2008]
Watch out, I got flogged for suggesting games be sold on Flash Drives
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[simonj, Jul 10 2008]
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You mean like a Creative Zen [linky]?
This takes SD cards and plays back movies.
It's about the size of a large matchbox, but without the useful sandpaper strip. |
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I would want this to play on my TV. |
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// without the useful sandpaper strip. // |
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That seems a curious and inexplicable omisssion. How do you get the matches to strike ? |
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Not merely inexplicable, but inexcusable. |
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My old Sharp Zaurus had an accessory (~$400) that I never got, which would convert any input into an MP4 formatted for the Zaurus screen and stored it on CF cards. Since all this is now reasonably old tech, you can probably pick all the parts up cheap. And MAN can you get huge CF cards now. |
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The other thing is there is software that will RIP a DVD for your iPod. I did that for my boss and he amazed his travel companions with Patton playing on a 2.5" screen. |
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There are also some apps that will let you watch your home TV & DVR on your phone. |
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So I'd say this is baked. |
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// without the useful sandpaper strip. // |
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That strip is actually a type of sulfur that is a component to the type of sulfur on the matches. The combination of the sulfur compounds ignite a fire. Not just a rough sandpaper surface alone. |
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The price could be significantly reduced if the movies were on ROM cards rather than ordinary rewritable SD cards. |
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//That strip is actually a type of sulfur //
[checks box of Swan Vestas] Nope, that strip is actually sandpaper. Silica, not sulphur. |
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