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From: Janne.Anttila@lut.fi (Janne Anttila)
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Subject: Re: What's up with RDAT?
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Date: 29 Apr 91 12:46:13 GMT
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RDAT is the existing DAT system. RDAT = Rotary head Digital Audio Tape.

Philips' DCC seems to be made for the record industry, not audiophiles,
since DCC-tapes can be copied faster and more easily than DAT-tapes.
The sound quality of DCC is likely to be clearly inferior to DAT due to 
heavy data compression. I've seen a picture of a DCC-prototype, which
seemed to be built out of scrap (it had a mechanical tape counter!),
but commercial models have not been published yet.

I remember that Sony was developing a contact copy method for faster
DAT copying. I haven't heard of it lately, what's the situation?

 
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