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Because all the music was licensed by MIT, and because relatively lax regulations remain for analog broadcast through cable wires—digital music transfer has been highly guarded by record companies since the high-quality music downloads compete with CDs—it was thought that this system would have satisfied all. The elegant setup might have allowed MIT to simultaneously keep students and record labels satisfied while mimizing the amount of network bandwidth used by illegal music downloads...
...gotten the rights to broadcast the music, the new system’s methods would have failed at schools like Harvard, which does not have a cable network. There were also sacrifices made with the MIT system—not all students could control the music, the analog quality was not as rich-sounding as its digital counterpart and a fixed broadcast was an imperfect substitute for playing downloaded MP3s, when the listener easily controls every song he or she plays...
Bored with your Game Boy? Can't face another round of Street Fighter on the in-flight entertainment system? Then, gentle business traveler, it's time to go old school, with stylish, analog pastimes. Do away with bleeping consoles and rediscover some gaming class. This isn't advice for Luddites, though, as these recommendations are sold by e-stores...
...quiet nook packs an impressive array of equipment and instruments. From some of the earliest analog modular synthesizers ever built to ultra-modern ProTools programs—used for digital audio production—the studio has advanced capabilities for recording, all at students’ beck and call...
Break out those Seinfeld tapes piled in your closet. Hewlett-Packard recently unveiled the DVD Movie Writer dc3000, the first device that combines a DVD recorder and an analog-to-digital converter in one box--meaning you can transfer your VHS tapes to DVDs. The gadget includes software for your PC and connects to a VCR or a camcorder using standard video cables. In a few clicks, more than two hours of footage can be transferred onto a single disc. The software breaks the DVD into chapters, allowing you to skip to your favorite scenes, and comes with an editing...