Indeed, though there's no denying music's old business model has taken a massive hit in recent years--blame it on piracy, the Web or the advent of the recordable CD--there's still plenty of money to be made in the music industry.
We had the worst experiences with Ricoh's Media Master MP-6200S, a CD-RW drive, and MicroNet's Master CD Plus 4X12PC, a CD-R model.
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The player supports several types of discs including DVD-Audio, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, CD-R and CD-RW. There's also an SD Memory card slot, so you can look at photos you may have saved from a digital camera.
If you're looking for a CD-RW drive to share with others, check out the external version of this drive, HP's CD-Writer Plus 7200e.
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The CD's hook-filled melodies and indie-pop arrangements will have a familiar appeal to adults.
The letters cd anywhere in the command are a good sign, as is the name of your CD-ROM drive's manufacturer.
It will also support Garmin's MapSource CD-ROMs for detailed street maps and will be compatible with topographic maps and nautical maps, like Garmin's BlueChart and Fishing Hot Spots.
In some cases, this may mean losing a bit of principal if investors haven't incurred enough interest to cover a CD's early-withdrawal penalty, notes Greg McBride, senior financial analyst at Bankrate.com.
The new CDX-GS500R CD receiver features Sony's new App Remote technology for iPhone, while the new CDX-GT710HD model includes HD radio technology and a dynamic color illuminator for different light effects.
Streams aptX's Virtual CD-Quality Bluetooth music wirelessly when with used with aptX-equipped phones, tablets or computers.
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And for his company's twin CD-ROM portfolio of designs, Shindo presents the discs as "eyes" on the blown-up image of a face.
On Tuesday, the rare material will finally be released on "Bill Evans Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate" (Resonance) a two-CD set that rivals Evans's revered Village Vanguard recordings for Riverside in June '61.
There's even a new 70-CD box set out this month to commemorate the soprano's passing.
Earlier this week, it was revealed the group's greatest hits album, Gold, was the UK's biggest selling CD - boosted by the hit musical Mamma Mia!
CD-quality sound on the company's instant-messaging service could provoke even steamier gossip around the coffee pot.
It was a quaint forbear to today's industry paranoia over CD-burning and Internet downloading.
Born out of a failed partnership with Nintendo, the CD-based PlayStation landed on U.S. shores in late 1995.
After ten years of painstaking development, an industry-backed outfit called Ibiquity Digital is about to begin enabling CD-quality digital broadcasts alongside today's analog transmissions (see graphic).
Arborea's self-titled CD reflects the sepia-toned landscapes and creaky acoustic instrumentation of backwoods Americana, and the minor-key narratives tell sinister tales in the spirit of English murder ballads.
Gillett, a 30-year veteran of London's airwaves, has produced a new two-CD collection, World 2002, that captures some of the sounds heard on his show.
The exhibition - Dartmoor Water and Light- also marks the release of Mark's first CD album, Sea of Grass, which features 12 tracks of multi-instrumental music inspired by the moor.
Teac's 4X12 is our favorite CD-R drive.
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Also like the main Android version, there's a so-called CD Listening Party feature that opens up free, complete albums, with selections changing weekly. (Naturally, you can also use the app to listen to your own MP3s stored locally on the device, but you probably gathered that.) Play will be available as a free, ad-supported app, though you can also get an advert-free version for 99 cents.
Dessauer is buying Countrywide Financial (nyse: CFC - news - people ) to take advantage of continued decreases in mortgage rates, and Cendant (nyse: CD - news - people ) to capitalize on a travel rebound after the war's end.
The CD-N500 reproduces music from all sources with Yamaha's signature Hi-Fi concept and "Natural Sound" approach.
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To my ears, a high-quality MP3 is indistinguishable from the CD it's ripped from.
Apt-X is a unique codec that reproduces robust sound that's true-to-life, providing CD quality audio, regardless of file compression encoding.
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At times they could be outright avant-garde, like releasing an album on four CD's which were all supposed to be played at the same time.
On Susan Werner's newest CD, her sixth, the singer-songwriter moves distinctively away from folk and toward the jazzy American songbook style recently embraced by artists such as Rod Stewart and Norah Jones.
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