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Re:The last new subway line in Japan by deciplex on Saturday December 19, 2015 @03:41AM (#10763050)
On the other hand, 12 years ago MP3 players were commonplace just about everywhere, but in Japan Minidisc was still the big thing.
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Re:The last new subway line in Japan by isolate on Saturday December 19, 2015 @04:36AM (#10763134)
Good point, but then again ATRAC encoding >> MP3 encoding at typical bitrates back then.
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Re:The last new subway line in Japan by golergka on Saturday December 19, 2015 @07:19AM (#10763384)
But convenience is so much more imprortant than codec quality for mass market.
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