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Originally posted by juju
...maybe the record industry will start releasing cds that can hold more than a pitiful 74 minutes of music.
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The real reason MP3s are popular (out of proportion to the price point) is that you don't have to bother with the pointless "filler tracks" that get stuck on many albums to pad them out to an acceptable length.
This happened back when you got 40 minutes on a vinyl recording too. It's the reason the RIAA syndicate has been foot-dragging on downloadable music; they *know* that too much of their catalog is crap nobody would buy if it wasn't glued onto something else people actually wanted.
We've got 100 "non-premium" channels on cable now. Most of them are garbage and infomercials. And promos for all the wonderful shows on *digital* cable...*all* of which would fit into the existing analog bandwidth. Oh, and let's not forget the FUD about VSAT dishes.