When will people stop listening to this guy?

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-514014.html
Mar 15, 1999 12:00:00 AM
AUSTIN, Texas -- Just as MP3 was getting off the ground, the Internet music format is dead, or nearly so.

That, at least, was the pronouncement of Mark Cuban, president of online multimedia aggregation site Broadcast.com (NASDAQ:BCST), at the opening of the South by Southwest Interactive Festival here Sunday.

"MP3 will die. I'm sure of that," Cuban said. "It will be absorbed by RealNetworks (Nasdaq:RNWK) or Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), and it'll become just a notation... No one has the economic incentive to keep it alive."

Responding to the challenge that MP3 already has a strong culture around it, Cuban quipped, "Disco also used to have a strong culture." ...

These coupons expire 90 days after they are issued. I think I'll wait until there's a decent supply and choice of receivers/converters available.

I've tried Sirius twice because I like their programming better than XM, but am now with XM due to sound quality. Sirius has already pushed their antequated codec beyond what it was ever intended to do. Fact is, XM has too - but it handles it with a bit more grace.
I wish one of these companies would take the other route and offer spectacular sounding music on fewer channels. I don't want video, weather, traffic, etc. etc. etc.
It's about the music stupid(s).

I want a true radio "Tivo".
It must be portable...
It must have AM/FM, and line-in...
And most of all, it must have real timeslip functionality, just like a Tivo.

If someone actually make such a device...sigh...