MiniDisc Community Pages News for 8 January 2001
o Sony is pushing the MiniDisc Long Play (MDLP) feature at this
[1]slick, Flash-enhanced Japanese MDLP website spotted by
Jean-Fran ois Vincent. The site also has an [2]Ad Gallery where you
can view some still image ads, as well as watch a [3]30-second MDLP
commercial (in Quicktime.MOV format).
[1] http://www.walkman.sony.co.jp/prod/md_rec/top.html
[2] http://www.walkman.sony.co.jp/prod/ad/index.html
[3] http://www.minidisc.org/sony_mdlp.mov
o Oliver spots the Friend-Chip D4-2 Copy Con, an SCMS editor,
available from [4]Klay Anderson Audio for USD $199.
[4] http://www.klay.com
o The [5]HHB MDP500 PortaDisc MD recorder, designed for the traveling
professional "sound recordist," has a host of different connections
(XLR Mic, RCA, coax & optical). including USB connection to a PC.
[5]
http://www.hhb.co.uk/FMPro?-db=HHB_Catalogue_Online.fp5&-lay=Web&-Format=hhbproductsint.htm&-Token=ROW&Product_Code=MDP500&-FIND
o The [6]MD Sleeve Center, which collects and designs MD album sleeve
labels, gets a new domain name.
[6] http://minidisc.zart-design.com/
o Jon Arakaki kindly submits a Adobe PDF copy of the [7]Kenwood KMD-42
in-dash car MD unit manual.
[7] http://www.minidisc.org/kenwood_kmd42.pdf
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 10 January 2001
o [1]AVLand.co.uk becomes the first place to have photos and info on
Sony's latest line of portable MD recorders: the [2]MZ-R500,
[3]MZ-R700, and the [4]MZ-G750 (the first portable MD recorder with
a built-in FM tuner!). All three units run off of a single AA
battery (and are all roughly about 50% thicker than other new MD
portables because of this).
[1] http://www.avland.co.uk
[2] http://www.avland.co.uk/sony/mzr500/index.htm
[3] http://www.avland.co.uk/sony/mzr700/index.htm
[4] http://www.avland.co.uk/sony/mzg750/index.htm
o An [5]official Sony press release spotted by Tony Lai talks of the
MZ-R700DPC (MZ-R700 bundled with PC Link Kit), the MDX-CA680X
in-dash car MD unit, and the MXD-D40 high-speed CD/MD dubbing deck.
(Browse to third page of the CES Press Releases.)
[5] http://www.sony.com/ces
o Sharp is also announcing their new MD units for 2001: an [6]official
Sharp press release, also found by Tony, talks about the MD-MT877
(possibly a MD-MT77 clone) and MD-MT90 portable MD recorders.
[6] http://www.sharp-usa.com/about/AboutPressRelease/0,1130,C143,00.html
o In a rather surprising move, Howard Chui finds an MSNBC article
telling of [7]Sony's upcoming release of several MP3 disc-playing CD
players.
[7] http://www.msnbc.com/news/512640.asp?cp1=1
o Gerald Tomyn creates a very informative, step-by-step [8]webpage
describing how to record from your computer to a MiniDisc.
[8] http://members.nbci.com/ntomyng/index.htm
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 11 January 2001
o Wither SDMI? EE Times reports that a leading MP3 chip maker,
[1]Micronas, has bailed out of SDMI.
[1] http://www.eetimes.com/story/industry/semiconductor_news/OEG20010105S0006
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 12 January 2001
o Oliver Blanc puts together an [1]exposition of the MiniDisc en
Franais, including the technology behind it, unit test modes, and
ATRAC details. The French documentation and associated test software
is also available in [2]download format.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/French_tech/sommaire.html
[2] http://www.minidisc.org/mdfrench.html
o AVLand is the first with info on [3]Sony's MZ-E300 MD portable
player.
[3] http://www.avland.co.uk/sony/mze300/index.htm
o An interesting article found by Marc Herbert covers the [4]issues of
piracy over the internet, and a solution on how to handle the
problem.
[4] http://interocity.com/jukebox/jukebox2.html
o A Wired article [5]briefly mentions MiniDisc MDLP as it sizes up the
latest audio and video products (article spotted by Improvious).
[5] http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41039,00.html
o Sven creates a webpage that explains [6]how to make your own MD
labels in three easy steps.
[6] http://treefingers17.tripod.com/tables.html
o MD-21 puts up [7]coverage of Sony's latest line of MD portables (in
both English and French).
[7] http://www.md-21.com
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