电子与通信技术 知识专业英语（第4版）Unit 2 lesson 10.pptVIP

PART1 A portable media player (PMP), is a consumer electronics device that is capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, video, documents, etc. The data is typically stored on a hard drive, microdrive, or flash memory（as shown in Fig.10-1）. Digital audio players are generally categorized by storage media: Flash-based players: These are non-mechanical solid state devices that hold digital audio files on internal flash memory . Because they are solid state and do not have moving parts, they require less battery power, and may be more resilient to hazards such as dropping or fragmentation than hard disk-based players. Hard drive-based players or digital jukeboxes: Devices that read digital audio files from a hard disk drive (HDD). These players have higher capacities as of 2010 ranging up to 500 GB. At typical encoding rates, this means that tens of thousands of songs can be stored on one player. The disadvantages with these units is that a hard drive consumes more Lesson 10 Portable Media Player Text New word Notes Exercises Translation Vocabulary PART2 Lesson 10 Portable Media Player power, is larger and heavier and is inherently more fragile than solid-state storage. MP3 CD/DVD players: Portable CD players that can decode and play MP3 audio files stored on CDs. Such players are typically much less expensive than either the hard drive or flash-based players. The blank CD-R media they use is very inexpensive, typically costing less than US$0.15 per disc. These devices have the feature of being able to play standard Red book CD-DA audio CDs. A disadvantage is that due to the low rotational disk speed of these devices, they are even more susceptible to skipping or other misreads of the file if they are subjected to uneven acceleration (shaking) during playback. The mechanics of the player itself however can be quite sturdy, and are generally not as prone to permanent damage due to being dropped