Comments on: Disney MP3 Player for Kids

By: meetsy

meetsy — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 05:16:41 +0000

-Greg,
Oh hell no!
A long time ago, we went on a family vacation to Europe…and we gave my son an inexpensive film camera….. came home and it was perplexing to find six developed rolls of PEOPLE’S BUTTS!!! My son was hip high at the time, so….guess what his perspective was. I should have thought of that.
After that I’d let him take “pictures” (and his little sister, too) with a camera with NO film, or a disposable…(once it runs out of film it still keeps “taking pictures”) You “invest” in one roll, and if they lose the camera, who cares.
Kids do not relate “photo click” with “picture”. It’s the snapping the button that is important, not the actual photo.
Kids need less electronics, not more. And parents do not need another thing to keep track of on those family outings!

By: Greg Allen

Greg Allen — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:18:48 +0000

The MP3 idea is good but for really small kids, it needs a Karaoke recording function. Absolutely essential.

But here is what we parents REALLY want:

A KIDS’ DIGITIAL CAMERA

Its a multi million-dollar toy idea that I’m surprised nobody has done yet.

It can be totally sub-megapixel but it MUST have the following:

Super tough, waterproof, etc.
A clear screen for reviewing the pictures.
A HUGE picture capacity.
Long battery life
Flash
Totally automatic

By: twdldee

twdldee — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 04:27:32 +0000

If it plays AAPL AAC, mp3, some form of lossless and ogg i’m there. Don’t care if I look like I just beat up some kid 5 minutes ago.

By: Brady J. Frey

Brady J. Frey — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 02:32:38 +0000

Disney did this with TV’s and DVD players — they’re all over target, and been there for years. Yet, I don’t think they’ve sold barely at all, if I’m wrong?

By: lobbster

lobbster — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 23:32:53 +0000

wow disney has hit a new low

By: Imafish

Imafish — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 22:35:16 +0000

“Isn’t this a break with the rest of the…”

Not really. The music industry in the US sheepishly admits that we have a fair use right to make personal copies of the music we buy. That’s why it took so long for DRM infested CDs to get in the US. Such CDs in the US some with songs in Windows DRM infested format. You’re limited to how many times you can copy them, but you can copy them.

And even ignoring fair use, the Home Recording Act specifically allows us to copy our music for any personal non-commercial use.