nivek@cmu-ri-rover.ARPA (Kevin Dowling) (03/28/85)
There has been a controversy in the CD music industry about packaging recently. The 6" x 12" package that fits into record bins is undoubtedly here to stay. The blister-pack, which is a pain to deal with and doesn't stack well, is being phased out. There was some resistance to changing that because some thought that displaying the high-tech disc would attract sales. Some have talked about not including the plastic clamshell "jewel-boxes" with the CD's but fortunately protests have quieted that down for awhile at least. There is talk in the industry about having thinner jewel boxes though. NEC has come up with a neat case design. It's a resin based case with helical grooves so the playback beam can see through the case to the disc. This is proposed for car players so no fiddling with cases and CD's whilst driving. This, of course, would require new style players able to deal with the case insertion. Kind of like a hard disk pack. Aka : Kevin Dowling Bell: (412) 578-8830 Arpa: nivek@cmu-ri-rover Mail: Robotics Institute Schenley Park Pgh, PA 15213
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (03/30/85)
> NEC has come up with a neat case design. It's a resin based case with > helical grooves so the playback beam can see through the case to the > disc. This is proposed for car players so no fiddling with cases and CD's > whilst driving. This, of course, would require new style players able to > deal with the case insertion. Kind of like a hard disk pack. > Of course, what you need to do is to scan the laser around and not turn the disk at all. _Ron
bhs@siemens.UUCP (04/03/85)
_Ron: This system was in fact once proposed by anAmerican outfit, just as the first CDs were beginning to appear. They apparently wanted to manufacture a card which you would insert into their player, and which would be scanned much like a tv screen is. However, since I have not seen any more of this system, I guess that it died. Bernard H. Schwab Siemens RTL, Princeton, NJ