Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2g.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!hou2g!yraurb From: yraurb@hou2g.UUCP (G.DECKER) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: FM vs. digital encoding Message-ID: <267@hou2g.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Jun-84 10:15:04 EDT Article-I.D.: hou2g.267 Posted: Wed Jun 6 10:15:04 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jun-84 07:45:46 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 4 A question for audioland: Why did the manufacturers that produce the compact disc (disk) players reject an FM modulated format such as Pioneer's laser disk. Could a smaller or more refined version have been produced for audio? Are Pioneer's laser disks easier to produce than CD's?