DMusic.com | for indie musicians and fans | Free MP3 music downloads - Forums: The General Forum: Upcoming 20GB Sonicblue Pearl

Forums > The General Forum

Upcoming 20GB Sonicblue Pearl

Your-Mom	Date: February 5, 2003 @ 6:00 PM http://images2.dmusic.com/users/y/o/u/your-mom/5337.jpg" id="32292">Has anyone checked out this upcoming mp3 jukebox? Looks kind of toy-ish but pretty damn small. Anyway, if you want to check out a pick look here. http://images2.dmusic.com/users/y/o/u/your-mom/5337.jpg
RasMasta	Date: February 5, 2003 @ 6:21 PM 20 gigs for only music is A LOT
austonia	Date: February 5, 2003 @ 8:03 PM gear.ign.com too" id="32307">there's some pics on gear.ign.com too
jdoubleg	Date: February 5, 2003 @ 10:56 PM When is it coming out?
Your-Mom	Date: February 7, 2003 @ 11:53 PM IGN reports that Sonicblue is pushing for July release.
austonia	Date: February 8, 2003 @ 12:37 AM except they are nearly bankrupt, so who knows. The Pearl has smaller dimensions that iPod, but a good deal thicker too, so I don't know if it will be any more pocketable. From my experience with Nomad Zen and Odyssey 1000, thickness is more important than length and width, as far as fitting easily in a pocket. Amazing how iPod is still top dog despite being released in 11/2001. Lots of competition coming out this year...
pog	Date: February 8, 2003 @ 4:35 AM Now this is the mp3 playa that Id love to have
mtbatol	Date: February 9, 2003 @ 5:46 PM I'm very happy that I didn't launch after the Odyssey 1000. Everything on that player looked sweet and then one more thing just had me drooling... CROSSFADER!!! Say it with me folks... CROSS...FADE!! CROSSFADER!!! :drool :drool :drool :drool Heh, the size & everything else is sweet but CROSSFADE!! **wonders if he mentioned CROSSFADE
mtbatol	Date: February 9, 2003 @ 5:47 PM crap.. meant to say There.. that's better.. oh yeah I don't think I mentioned it yet but... CROSSFADE!!
austonia	Date: February 9, 2003 @ 7:19 PM Crossfade on the Pearl? Where did you read that?
Expose	Date: February 9, 2003 @ 7:36 PM Is it compatible with VBR, or does it choke with anything but CBR?
mtbatol	Date: February 10, 2003 @ 3:41 AM read the link to the ign website austonia CROSSFADE!!!
o6playa	Date: March 2, 2003 @ 10:08 PM Does anyone know if it can rip MP3's to it. If not i'll probably stick to my Minidisk player. (although i'll probably get a Nomad Jukebox Zen)
Thanos	Date: March 21, 2003 @ 10:58 AM Replaytv Maker Sonicblue to File for Bankruptcy 31 minutes ago Add Technology - Reuters to My Yahoo! SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Reuters) - Consumer electronics maker Sonicblue Inc.(NasdaqBLU - news) said on Friday it plans to file for bankruptcy and that it signed deals to sell the assets of its main product lines for $52.5 million. Sonicblue said it agreed to sell its Rio unit, which made the first mainstream device to play music in the popular MP3 format, and its ReplayTV (news - web sites) digital video recorder unit to D&M Holdings (6735.T) of Japan for $40 million, plus the assumption of about $5 million in liabilities
mtbatol	Date: March 21, 2003 @ 4:54 PM Shit, that sucks asshairs... So I guess this means no project Pearl? Damn this sucks... any other player that might have crossfading in the near future?
Expose	Date: March 21, 2003 @ 5:07 PM cough :D http://neurosaudio.com/" id="37880">I think Neuros'll do a good job of replacing sonicblue. SonicBlue was known for being very innovative, and I think Neuros will have a nice reason to be too. cough http://neurosaudio.com/
austonia	Date: March 22, 2003 @ 2:14 AM The Pearl may show up under the Denon or Marantz name since that holding company bought the MP3 unit of SonicBlue
mtbatol	Date: March 22, 2003 @ 12:49 PM Ohh koo koo, that would be a good plan for Denon or Marantz, coming through with the Pearl would definately put their name out there into the open . But that neuros player sounds like something full of potential since they're considering having the player's OS being put out in open source. If they were to drop the price a little and have all the source code out into the public I would be right on it since alot of good things would be added afterwards. I don't see why more companies don't consider releasing their players in open source. If you don't wanna pay someone to work on the damn firmware system then just release the code to the public!! oops... sort of leading away from the original topic but ooh well
Expose	Date: March 22, 2003 @ 1:00 PM agreement was signed, so it's happenin'! :party: The player is way expensive though, that'd better change, especially when the firmware for it is open source.:\|" id="37991">Thank you! There WILL be open source firmware, that supports all types of MP3(VBR, joint stereo, it doesn't matter, no BS limits), and Ogg Vorbis; the agreement was signed, so it's happenin'! The player is way expensive though, that'd better change, especially when the firmware for it is open source.
Thanos	Date: March 22, 2003 @ 7:23 PM the nueros is huge. too big.
Expose	Date: March 22, 2003 @ 9:12 PM The neuros can fit perfectly into your pocket; unlike some companies and their wierd ass shapes(rio riot, how they expect you to drag that around, fitting it in a pocket is impossible. Then there's the creative nomad jukebox, instead of a square so it'll fit in a pocket, a circle, so it won't). If it's rectangle, it's a good size .
mtbatol	Date: March 23, 2003 @ 1:50 PM Heh, I just luv the idea of all the cool stuff that can come from open source firmware. It could be like, a portable version of winamp which would sort of kick ass of any portable player out (again why don't other companies come up with this idea if they aren't doing shit to their firmware in the first place? ). With the dimensions being around 5x3 it won't be the most bulky portable available. Only thing that is scaring me away from it now is the $400 price tag which is the one thing that's probably scaring away probable developers of the player whose gonna do this just out of boredom.
Expose	Date: March 23, 2003 @ 2:10 PM They are trying to make a freedb/CDDB kinda thing for the radio; you record 30 seconds of a song you hear on the radio, connect it to the computer, and it gives you the name of the song and the artist and the album, this is awesome! A cure for crappy DJs that don't give any info on the song.
Expose	Date: March 23, 2003 @ 2:12 PM here "HiSi - Hear It! Save It! A new song catches your ear on the radio. You love it, but you can't count on getting the song title and artist from the DJ. Rely instead on Neuros and its' HiSi feature. Record a 30 second sample of the mystery song to your Neuros by pressing the orange button. Neuros records directly to MP3 format. Next time you synchronize with your PC, Neuros matches the "digital fingerprint" you've recorded to a proprietary online audio database and provides you with the title and artist of the song. This information is sent directly to your Neuros and is also stored in your Neuros Synchronization Manager PC application. The audio fingerprint technology that enables the HiSi feature is provided by Relatable."" id="38121">Taken from here "HiSi - Hear It! Save It! A new song catches your ear on the radio. You love it, but you can't count on getting the song title and artist from the DJ. Rely instead on Neuros and its' HiSi feature. Record a 30 second sample of the mystery song to your Neuros by pressing the orange button. Neuros records directly to MP3 format. Next time you synchronize with your PC, Neuros matches the "digital fingerprint" you've recorded to a proprietary online audio database and provides you with the title and artist of the song. This information is sent directly to your Neuros and is also stored in your Neuros Synchronization Manager PC application. The audio fingerprint technology that enables the HiSi feature is provided by Relatable."
ThaCoyote	Date: March 23, 2003 @ 2:22 PM I'd like to hear more about the Samsung Yepp 900. I emailed customer support and they said that this player would probably be released somewhere in april. Detailed specs are not yet available, but I hope it has a Li-ion batt and a S/N ratio of 90+dB.
Expose	Date: March 23, 2003 @ 2:29 PM The last yepp had a S/N ratio of 80-85 dB , so I wouldn't count on it.
smelv1n	Date: March 23, 2003 @ 2:30 PM http://www.samsungusa.com/cgi-bin/nabc/yepp/yepp_product_detail.jsp?eUse r=&prod_id=YP-900GT%2fXAA" id="38135">http://www.samsungusa.com/cgi-bin/nabc/yepp/yepp_product_detail.jsp?eUse r=&prod_id=YP-900GT%2fXAA
Expose	Date: March 23, 2003 @ 2:37 PM http://www.neurosaudio.com/store/prod_neuros.asp You gotta see the flash demo of this thing; it's amazing! :nod:" id="38137">http://www.neurosaudio.com/store/prod_neuros.asp You gotta see the flash demo of this thing; it's amazing!
Thanos	Date: March 23, 2003 @ 7:13 PM " id="38192">Yeah that $400 price tag is a bit much. When i said it was huge i mean compared to the ipod which is my standard. the ipod is listed at (20GB model)Height: 4.0 in,Width: 2.4 in, Depth: 0.84 in, Weight: 7.2 oz. The Nueros is larger by nearly an inch in height @ 9.4oz and 5.3"H x 3.1"W x 1.3"D. So it is a bit larger and less portable in my opinion.
Thanos	Date: March 23, 2003 @ 7:19 PM Nice demo on their site. I noticed one thing though. It only has USB 1.1 No USB 2.0 or Firewire.
Expose	Date: March 23, 2003 @ 7:41 PM Well, there is a reason for the high price and it being so big; it's more close to a computer, than to a player. Ogg Vorbis needs the ability of a processor to handle floating point operations, which is not found in players, yet is in even the older CPUs(pentium I). That's why it has all the features it has, and can play Ogg Vorbis, and is so flexible . It should fit in my pocket perfectly. And Ogg Vorbis version GT3 had better be done by the time that player comes out!
Your-Mom	Date: May 28, 2003 @ 8:38 PM Well, the Rio Pearl is expected to see the light of day after all. Rio Pearl betas begin testing on June 9 with mass production starting about a month later. There will be a 20GB and 40GB model. Glad to see Denon/Marantz keeping this player alive after buying the Rio line from Sonicblue.
austonia	Date: June 2, 2003 @ 5:15 AM www.dapReview.com :)" id="48064">i have a lot of the specs for the Rio Pearl allready, check it out at www.dapReview.com
mtbatol	Date: July 3, 2003 @ 4:36 PM But yo... When are they gonna come out with the Pearl? And dag nabbit.. why is it that the only sites that talks about iRiver's new portable is all in non-english characters!!!
Expose	Date: July 3, 2003 @ 4:49 PM http://www.iriver.com/company/news_view.asp?idx=342 ;) " id="52269">http://www.iriver.com/company/news_view.asp?idx=342

Post A Reply
From:	Guest	(Icons - Linking)
Post: