Re:Digital Out on MD

[Travis Hartnett <tiktok@sprintmail.com>]

So what format is the digital info from this port?  After it's been 
decoded from ATRAC into analog, did Sony include hardware to convert that 
into...what?

TravisH

At 03:59 PM 7/2/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>MD units don't have digital out because the audio is stored in a 
>compressed, proprietary format.  If you had digital out, you'd end up 
>with 
>ATRAC data, which doesn't do you much good, since I'm unaware of a 
>program 
>that can read ATRAC format.

Incorrect, as home units do have digital outputs.  Just the portables that 
lack digital  out.