Getting Groovy -- Playing Records without a Needle

WillOutPower writes "The New York Times is carrying a story of two physicists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory developing a method of recording sound from old records (remember spinning your platters on the hi-fi?) but not by playing them, instead taking a picture of them. Or more specifically the groove in the record. The Library of Congress is funding the research, which is in the nascent stages. Now maybe I can throw out that old Victrola in the attic and make room for my clunker i386 PC." We've mentioned this before.

Re:lasers

[Anonymous Coward]

Too right man! Taking a photo is hard, you have to line up the camera, keep it steady, press the button on the top. That's way harder than just getting a trio of lasers, building some funky electronics, and making a perfectly spinning turntable.

They are all pirates

[eyeball]

Expect the RIAA to demand a ban on scanners shortly.

Ahh but you can't scatch with a Photo

[szyzyg]

Of course, that still won't affect 90% of mainstream hip-hop cause they've long since left the live DJ behind....

Re:What's with all these reposts?

[Tukla]

We're old and have bad memories.

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We're old and have bad memories.

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We're old and have bad...something-or-others.

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Who are you, and what do you want?