MiniDisc Community Pages News for 21 February 2000 o Will Smith finds the Sony [1]MZ-R70 and [2]MZ-E60 units for sale at QED (UK). (Dimensions and battery life info for these units would be [3]much appreciated ) [1] http://store1.europe.yahoo.com/qed-uk/20870b.html [2] http://store1.europe.yahoo.com/qed-uk/20860s.html [3] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] MiniDisc Community Pages News for 22 February 2000 o Peter Ravn notes a way even stalwart [1]cassette users can enjoy MP3 (!) [1] http://www.supremevideo.com/audio/hit/comp.htm o Rikard Ternerup and Superfi kindly supply further details for the Sony [2]MZ-R70 and [3]MZ-E60 portables. [2] http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-R70.html [3] http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-E60.html o [4]DiscountDiscs (UK) sells HiSpace and TDK blanks. [4] http://www.discountdiscs.co.uk MiniDisc Community Pages News for 24 February 2000 o Axel Stenberg and friends find Sharp's [1]Japanese page and [2]press release for their MD-MT50 "single AA" portable recorder. Battery life, alkaline: rec: 3h, play: 7h, NiMH: rec: 4.5h, play: 6.5h. Dim: 99.9 x 22.9 x 77.9mm, 191g w/batt, MSRP: JPY35,000. [1] http://www.sharp.co.jp/sc/gaiyou/news/000222.html [2] http://www.sharp.co.jp/sc/eihon/mdmt50/text/index.html o A friend spots Aiwa's photo and Japanese announcement of their MM-FX500, the [3]world's first portable MP3 encoder/player. With 32MB of memory, it records music (analog input) at 128kbps/44.1khz or voice memo (builtin mono mic input) at 8kbps/16khz. Battery life on AA x 1, rec: 5h, play: 10h. Dim: 65 x 90 x 18.5mm, 80g. MSRP: JPY 39,800 [3] http://www.aiwa.co.jp/exhibi/new_prod/2000/mm-fx500.htm o Martin Clinton notes an interesting [4]ZDNet article on Lithium Ion Polymer Batteries, the ``builtin'' rechargeable cell used in the [5]Sony MZ-E95 player. [4] http://www.zdnet.co.uk/itweek/brief/2000/07/client/ [5] http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-E95.html o Peter Ravn finds the [6]Philips SBC RU880 IR remote with builtin timer functions. [6] http://www-us.sv.philips.com/news/press/pronto_ru880_final.html MiniDisc Community Pages News for 25 February 2000 o Peter Ravn spots Sony Austria's [1]Aroma-round CD packaging, can MiniDisc au Marmalade be far behind? [1] http://www.sonydadc.com/pr_sniffle.asp o Hoshing Kwong describes a [2]circuit board fix for the Sony MZ-R55 self recording-start problem. [2] http://www.minidisc.org/mzr55_fix.html o Peter Ravn has made a page for the [3]Philips SBC RU880 remote. [3] http://ravn.net/md/philips-remote-SBC-RU880.htm o [4]Asian Imports (Toronto, Canada) sells MD imports. [4] http://asianimports.bizland.com/store/page1.html MiniDisc Community Pages News for 26 February 2000 o [1]MiniDisc Access (California) sells MD accessories, blanks and (some) equipment. [1] http://www.minidiscaccess.com o Ismaan Ameer finds Pre-recorded Minidiscs in Australia at [2]Sanity.com (unfortunately you cannot search exclusively for MD titles). [2] http://www.sanity.com.au MiniDisc Community Pages News for 27 February 2000 o Tim Yocum has made a handsome [1]review of the MXD-D3, Sony's 4X CD->MD dubbing deck. [1] http://www.yocum.org/minidisc/mxd-d3 o [2]TechToys4U (Salt Lake City, Utah) offers MiniDisc portables and decks. [2] http://www.techtoys4u.vstoreelectronics.com ======================================================================== Minidisco- where MD soars to new heights of Splendor! http://www.minidisco.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MiniDisc Weekly News for 27 February 2000
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