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Old 20th Jul 2011, 12:03 pm   #61
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Default Re: Simple memory card player idea

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Originally Posted by Karen O View Post
You know, I think the time is not very far away when compression (JPEG, MPEG) will be unnecessary and considered quaint throwbacks (i'm thinking here of when a petobyte memory stick is commonplace).
I somehow doubt it. The more memory we have, the more we want to store on it. Also while memory may be getting a lot bigger and cheaper, communications channels are not. Well not at the same rate. RF spectrum is definitely a scarce resource.
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