also @ TechSpot: Razer brings the arcade experience home with the Atrox Arcade Stick

› ›

Albums on flash drive rather than CD

By Justin Mann

On November 23, 2005, 5:07 AM

In what appears to be a first-ever attempt, a music group is opting to replace the CD with a 128MB USB Flash Drive for distributing their next album. Costing at around $30, the re-usable flash drive, for its first album release, will tote 29 songs in mp3 format along with having photos, album art, video clips and apparently more. It seems that 128MB might be incorrect, as squeezing 29 mp3 songs along with other content would be very difficult on a size that small, but the very idea of releasing an album in this way is completely novel. Based on whether or not it is DRM'ed beyond usability might make this become the saving grace brick and mortar music sales. The popularity of online downloading is only increasing, but with a gadget like this, smaller than a CD and more functional, it's definitely piqued interest.

No tags on this story

4 comments

User Comments: 4

Got something to say? Post a comment
  1. November 23, 2005 10:06 AM
    DragonMaster said:
    BAD Idea. What's the advantage of CD over MP3? SOUND QUALITY! MP3 sounds BAD.There are CDs that contain both data and audio. Sony BMG ones as example. Why don't they just put the other content in the data track instead of spyware!I don't know an Hi-Fi with a USB plug.
    Reply
  2. November 24, 2005 12:07 PM
    temafrank said:
    Justin, I'd like to know more about this for a column I write for the Usability Professionals' Association's User Experience magazine. Can you tell me who the music group is? Or perhaps the original source of the info? Thanks.
    Reply
  3. November 24, 2005 12:25 PM
    temafrank said:
    I found it! Barenaked Ladies. You can ignore my earlier post.
    Reply
  4. November 24, 2005 6:04 PM
    venkat_v said:
    Songs on flash drives! Good idea to save the files on flash drives. Technically this require less and single voltage (+5). All the CD drives require 12 and 5 volts in order to control mechanical parts. Transfer rate is more comparing to CD drive. Drawback: The cost of the flash drive is more that CD disk. Thank you,Venkat [Edited by venkat_v on 2005-11-24 18:16:21]
    Reply

Recently commented stories

Post a new comment

Social Login & Guest Posting TechSpot Members
Login here or sign up for free,
it takes about a minute.
Get complete access to the TechSpot community. Join thousands of technology enthusiasts that contribute and share knowledge in our forum. Get a private inbox, upload your own photo gallery and more.
TechSpot on:

Most Popular

Trending Featured
More Trending Topics

Featured on Laptops

Downloads and Drivers

Downloads   Drivers  

J. River Media Center 18.0.187

ComicRack 0.9.169

Ashampoo UnInstaller 5.03

Files Terminator Free 2.5.0.11

Advanced Host Monitor 9.50

More Downloads

Latest Discussion

AMD Radeon HD 6550D Driver Issue 5 replies on Device Drivers

Toshiba L745 says plugged in charging but battery continues to drain 7 replies on Mobile Computing

The average life of a GPU 12 replies on Audio and Video

What is the best graphics card my computer can handle? 5 replies on Audio and Video

Windows update completely stopped working, unknown error 8024402C 5 replies on Windows OS

More Recent Discussion

Subscribe to TechSpot

Get free exclusive content, learn about new features and breaking tech news.