In a Single DVD Changer, Hundreds of Movies and MP3's http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/23/technology/circuits/23chan.html [1.5 years is 1.5 x 365 x 86,400 sec. = 4.73 x 10^7 seconds. [A DVD has 4.7 x 10^9 bytes. 301 DVDs, then, have 1.42 x 10^12 bytes. [Therefore, an MP3 file eats up 43 KB/sec. Is this about right? [Mike's 2 million 78s, at 480 seconds (8 min.) each, is 9.6 x 10^8 seconds, or 30 years. Is *this* about right? By IAN AUSTEN A lthough it was not [71]Sony's main objective, the company has made its DVP-CX875P DVD-CD changer something of a marathon machine. Among other things, the 301-disc changer can play back DVD's containing music recorded as MP3 files. Anyone who has the patience (and the music collection) to fill 301 discs with MP3 files could sit back and listen to music continuously for just under a year and a half. 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