Re: Borders in Lakeside

["the_home_automator" <db@xxxxxxx>]

Walmart in the US have had this in their stores for some time now, 
and I agree, it is a v.cute system.

David.


--- In ukha_d@y..., "Dan James" <daniel@n...> wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Been meaning to post this for a couple of days now, finally had a 
> spare few minutes :-)
> 
> I went into the new Borders Bookshop in Lakeside the otherday, and
> was really impressed with their listening facilities for CDs.
> 
> As per They have a pair of headphones along with a barcode scanner,
> and lcd display, you simply take the CD you are interested in and 
> scan the barcode, hey presto it plays the CD back - instantly, they
> only play the first 1 minute or so of each track, but you do get 
the 
> info up on an LCD, telling you disc and track title information.
> 
> I would presume they have ripped the music to Hard disc, but it 
> struck me as a nice way of finding songs quickly... and its very 
> SWMBO friendly too :-)
> 
> Anyhow I thought you all might be interested.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Daniel James

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