1. Although the new Sibelius disk has received golden notices, Sir Colin is not hopeful about prospects for completing the cycle on BMG. 2. Analysts said the issue was whether the market for consumer devices beyond high-end digital cameras would emerge quickly enough to justify the new small disk. 3. Another potential obstacle for Fuji is that disk drives developed for its new disk will not be able to read and write existing floppy disks. 4. Asked to suggest a new disk he thought I might like, he immediately volunteered a recently reissued Miles Davis title. 5. Besides holding more information than standard floppy disks, the new disks work about five times faster than a regular floppy disk. 6. A coalition of consumer electronics, computer and entertainment companies backing Toshiba were the winners in September in an industry battle to set the standards for the new disk. 7. A spokeswoman said that new disks were being shipped with the latest machines. 8. Adler says his new disk design dampens this effect by dividing the airflow at the leading edge to reduce lift in front while increasing lift at the trailing edge. 9. Also, the new digital video disks due out this fall will no doubt be used to store video scenery and karaoke music. 10. But older DVD video players will not play the new audio disks, and neither will CD players. |