How much information (in MB or GB or so on) can be stored in a vinyl record?

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How much information (in MB or GB or so on) can be stored in a vinyl record?

2007-03-08 00:10:11 · 2 answers · asked by blah 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics

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There is no such concept for Vinyl records. Vinyl records have music in Analog format. The depth of the groove specifies the amplitude of the sound. The number of songs you can put depends on how close the grooves are.

2007-03-08 02:37:56 · answer #1 · answered by TV guy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

If you modulated a digital signal like an old fashinioned modem would, you could record that. Lets say you recorded at 1200 baud (bits/second) - not unreasonable.
If you could record say 40 minutes worth on both sides, then
(1200 * 60 * 40)/8 bytes could be stored = 360Kb

about a quarter of what can be stored on a HD floppy disk

2007-03-08 11:47:42 · answer #2 · answered by amania_r 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋