MiniDisc Community Pages News for 22 January 2001 o Bob finds RealPlayer's "RealAudio 8" [1]supporting Sony's ATRAC3 format. [1] http://realguide.real.com/ra8/index.html?src=001222realhome_1 o Christian Abegg maintains a [2]French MiniDisc site with a database on the latest MD recorders, an MP3-to-MD guide, and a [3]full French translation of the MDLP FAQ (originally [4]in English ). [2] http://toutsurlemd.nexen.net/ [3] http://toutsurlemd.nexen.net/mdlpfaq.php [4] http://www.minidisc.org/mdlpfaq.html MiniDisc Community Pages News for 23 January 2001 o [1]iTunes, a free program for Mac users to manage their MP3's (including the burning of MP3's to CD), is released by Apple. [1] http://www.apple.com/itunes/ o Thinking of [2]buying some MD equipment from Crutchfield ? Then use coupon code 20686263 (found by Blue) to get $25 off an order of $250 or more. [2] http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-6IhL4xz3SLH/ProdSearch.asp?est=&Search=minidisc o Arne Striegler notes Minimaniax, a German online MD dealer, offering [3]10 Hi-Space MDs and a pair of JVC headphones for free when ordering the Sharp MD-MT866. [3] http://www.minimaniax.de/stuff/news.php3 o A user finds [4]Quality Electrical Direct, a UK MD dealer with good prices on MD equipment. [4] http://www.qed-uk.com MiniDisc Community Pages News for 25 January 2001 o Larry Bakst points out an interesting article on the [1]perils of industrially imposed copy protection by John Gilmore of EFF fame. [1] http://cryptome.org/jg-wwwcp.htm MiniDisc Community Pages News for 27 January 2001 o Peter Ravn and Desmond spot a Sony Japanese press release [1]describing the new MZ-E600 portable MD player. When using the unit, it will alert you to an incoming cell phone call (how exactly is not very clear yet!). [1] http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/CorporateCruise/Press/200101/01-0122/ o [2]Argos, a popular UK chain store, is found (by Adam) offering portable MiniDisc units with through online store. (choose Browse By Category / Audio and Video / Portable Hifi / Personal MiniDisc ) [2] http://www.argos.co.uk/argos/home.html o Minidisco, Sound Professionals, and the T-Station all team up for a [3]giveaway contest including various blank MDs, an MD carrying case, headphones, and a microphone. Contest ends January 31st. [3] http://www.minidisco.com/minipages/tcontestmailing2.html o T-Station gets the scoop on the [4]Aiwa AM-HX77 portable MD player. [4] http://www.minidisct.com/products/aiwa_hx77.html o Sharp [5]MD-MS722 and [6]MD-MT821 Quick Guides (PDF) are found by Tom Trussell on Sharp's USA website. [5] http://www.minidisc.org/sharp_mdms722_quickguide.pdf [6] http://www.minidisc.org/sharp_mdmt821_quickguide.pdf o [7]WoofersEtc.com, an online car audio dealer, has a selection of [8]car MD units. [7] http://www.woofersetc.com [8] http://www.woofersetc.com/categories.taf?f=show_category_brands&SubCategory_ID=2 MiniDisc Community Pages News for 28 January 2001 o A very interesting article on Cryptome covers the [1]issues of copyright protection in the modern world with digital media. Found by K. Tidwell, it mentions MiniDisc and reason for the lack of digital output on MD portables. [1] http://cryptome.org/jg-wwwcp.htm o Irage Tursoon-Zadeh finds the [2]Sony MZ-E75 manual (PDF) on a Sony website. [2] http://www.minidisc.org/sony_mze75_manual.pdf o Another user finds the [3]Sharp MD-SR60 user manual (PDF). [3] http://www.minidisc.org/sharp_mdsr60_manual.pdf o My-MiniDisc in Germany writes a [4]review of the Sony MDS-PC3. [4] http://www.my-minidisc.de/ ======================================================================== Minidisco- It's like a box of lovin' with the lid off. 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 28 January 2001
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