Then the images are called up from the
CD jukebox."
The
CD jukebox, once a luxury is appearing at the deskside now and advances in firmware enable features previously available only with MO such as packet writing, data caching, and simultaneous reads and writes from multiple drives.
A
CD jukebox, by comparison, with its racks, gears, pickers, and doors is a Rube Goldberg invention that can't be left alone for long.
Although no hard numbers exist about how many jukeboxes in the marketplace are digital, Rowe International, a major manufacturer of both digital and
CD jukeboxes based in Grand Rapids, Mich., reports that the vast majority of its sales are now of digital models.
Digital jukeboxes offer improved performance and a higher return on investment than the traditional
CD jukeboxes and can provide video functionality, artist features, touch-screen music links and movie clips.
The technology has been well-understood for years: It's the same transport mechanism
CD jukeboxes have used all along; only the drives are different.
CD jukeboxes hold multiple CDs that allow for access from many people simultaneously.