Sony ditches ATRAC, Connect music store - bit-tech.net Forums

Da Dego · 31st Aug 2007, 16:43

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/08..._music_store/1

After four years of being open, Sony's Connect music store will shut down in March 08 which will effectively kill their proprietary ATRAC format.

Mother-Goose · 31st Aug 2007, 16:50

Do you think there will be a firmware upgrade for existing players to make them behave in this updated fashion?

cjoyce1980 · 31st Aug 2007, 16:56

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Originally Posted by Mother-Gooser

Do you think there will be a firmware upgrade for existing players to make them behave in this updated fashion?

you must be joking, sony are going to cut and run just like they always do

mikeuk2004 · 31st Aug 2007, 17:50

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Originally Posted by cjoyce1980

you must be joking, sony are going to cut and run just like they always do

explain

DXR_13KE · 31st Aug 2007, 17:52

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Originally Posted by mikeuk2004

explain

basically a "screw the client" technique.

edit: but these new walkmans do look nice.

devdevil85 · 31st Aug 2007, 17:54

If it's not working then why keep it? It's financial suicide.....am I right?

DXR_13KE · 31st Aug 2007, 18:13

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Originally Posted by devdevil85

If it's not working then why keep it? It's financial suicide.....am I right?

either that or make it work from the beginning...

devdevil85 · 31st Aug 2007, 18:37

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Originally Posted by DXR_13KE

either that or make it work from the beginning...

It's usually hit-n'miss with things like that....either it will take off and be profitable or it will be looked over by another service (ie Napster, iTunes, etc.)

lamboman · 31st Aug 2007, 18:41

I think that it was just a matter of time really...

steveo_mcg · 31st Aug 2007, 20:12

Renewing everyones faith the worlds favorite consumer electronics company... So any one fancy investing in my new blu-ray factory?

DXR_13KE · 31st Aug 2007, 22:51

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Originally Posted by devdevil85

It's usually hit-n'miss with things like that....either it will take off and be profitable or it will be looked over by another service (ie Napster, iTunes, etc.)

imagine if minidisc technology was cheaper (as in cheaper discs and players)? or this ATRAC had less limitations and excellent encoding algorithms?

mp3manager · 1st Sep 2007, 09:36

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Originally Posted by Phil Cogar

Sony and failed proprietary formats seem to go hand and hand, do they not? Betamax and Minidisc are just a couple on the list

No, they certainly do not. Last week I walked into my local Tesco supermarket and picked up a 5-pack of blanks as my 04 plated car has a factory-fit MD/CD/Tuner.

I wouldn't call Minidisc a 'failed' format.

steveo_mcg · 1st Sep 2007, 11:07

Your about the only person on a forum of thousands who believe that, the only reason minidisc still existed past 1998 is because Sony is very rich and very very stubborn.

DougEdey · 1st Sep 2007, 11:12

MD was one of the more successful formats from Sony. Look at Betamax, Memory Stick series (no one except Sony use it) and a myriad of other stuff

mikeuk2004 · 1st Sep 2007, 12:10

I still have a MD hifi seperate with over 100 recordable MD disks which I use instead of my original music CD's to save wear on my CD's.

Shame my portable MD player died but they were not expensive. My Portable MD player was cheaper then my Portable Cd player or my Wifes MP3 player.

I liked it

steveo_mcg · 1st Sep 2007, 13:02

But still not exactly successful like CD or MP3, in fact by comparison you could say it was a failure!

Smilodon · 1st Sep 2007, 13:18

Sony have made some things that are great, but customers just aren't willing to pay for anything.

DougEdey · 1st Sep 2007, 13:32

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Originally Posted by Smilodon

Sony have made some things that are great, but customers just aren't willing to pay for anything.

We're willing to pay, but not over the top for stuff which doesn't work with other products

Mother-Goose · 1st Sep 2007, 16:31

My NW-S706F mp3 player is the business. I play standard MP3, but ripped an album in Atrac to compare and it's brilliant, real shame. If only sony didn't want such high royalty fee's for other people to use their stuff.

The memory stick thing pisses me off with sony ericsson phones too, it's the only thing I use the M2 stick in. It needs an SD adapter.

Eraflo · 1st Sep 2007, 22:14

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Originally Posted by Mother-Gooser

The memory stick thing pisses me off with sony ericsson phones too, it's the only thing I use the M2 stick in. It needs an SD adapter.

I agree with that. Still waiting to upgrade my k750i

31st Aug 2007, 16:43	#1
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Mother-Goose Tories ftw! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England - Surrey Posts: 3,750	My NW-S706F mp3 player is the business. I play standard MP3, but ripped an album in Atrac to compare and it's brilliant, real shame. If only sony didn't want such high royalty fee's for other people to use their stuff. The memory stick thing pisses me off with sony ericsson phones too, it's the only thing I use the M2 stick in. It needs an SD adapter. __________________ Goose Q6600, Striker Extreme, 4GB 6400C4 Dominator DHX, Raptor X, 2x400GB spinpoints, BFG 8800GTX OC, Stacker 830 Evo, HX620, Nova T 500, Freezer 7 Pro