Re: MD: Stop press: The Cassette is back!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Peter, Peter Ravn writes: Check out http://www.supremevideo.com/audio/hit/comp.htm ;-) Excellent find! I've put it in the news and am forwarding it to the MD mailing list. Why does this thing crack me up? Rick Hmm What's next? The same thing in MD form? Cheers, Ralph -- === Ralph SmeetsFunctional Verification Centre Of Competence - CMG Voice: (+33) (0)4 76 58 44 46 STMicroelectronics Fax:(+33) (0)4 76 58 40 11 5, chem de la Dhuy Mobile: (+33) (0)6 82 66 62 70 38240 MEYLAN E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FRANCE === "For many years, mankind lived just like the animals. And then something happened that unleashed the powers of our imagination: We learned to talk." -- Stephen Hawking, later used by Pink Floyd -- === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Hi everyone! When I first heard about the MD Data format being released by Sony, I thought that it would be a successful "B Drive". But Iomega went in around the time that Sony released MD Data and aggressively pushed their "Zip" disk on everyone. The factors that brought Zip as the primary "B drive" was the snappy name, the sexy blue case that the external drive came in and the way the earlier versions were able to connect via the parallel port on the average PC. This was exaggerated by the big-budget ad campaigns that they took out, with the goal of running it as a "loss-leader". What Sony needs to do is promote the new MD-Data2 650Mb disc as a "B drive" is to market it as a "Zip killer". This would mean designing USB or SCSI external drives that work with current-generation PCs and Macs and are presented in sexy boxes; encouraging the Linux community to write Linux drivers for the MD-Data2 drives, providing software for playing (and perhaps editing or recording) regular audio MiniDiscs; and market it in a loss-leading way. The MD-Data2 discs could hold heaps of high-resolution digital images (especially in bitmap form), many projects worth of Word documents, one or two desktop publishing projects with all of the images for that project. An interesting appliance concept for this medium would be a digital image view-download unit for use in the field. These devices, in a similar vein to Iomega's Clik digital-image-download device which fills 40Mb disks, would transfer images from a CompactFlash card or a SimartMedia card to an MD-Data2 disc (which holds 10 times the amount of the biggest CF card). This would allow a photographer to work at the highest resolution on one of the new 2.3 or above megapixel digital cameras for a long time without worrying about memory-card space. This comes in handy during weddings, holidays and other occasions where a lot of pictures are being taken and there is no chance of being able to download the images during the trip. By providing a built-in LCD screen in the device (which the Iomega Clik device doesn't have), it makes it possible to preview images taken during the past shoot, thus conserving the camera' batteries for taking pictures. The unit can support external video outputs so images can be viewed on a video monitor by a group or projected using a video projector. USB ports would be provided so the unit can be connected to a computer for image manipulation or to a printer, card drive (for other solid-state media) or scanner. As well, regular audio MiniDiscs can be played in the unit, with such facilities as an "at-a-glance" track index. With regards, Simon Mackay === MIME part removed : text/html; === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience
tube amp. Now if you have a DVD-audio and a nice tube amp you should get some of this warmth back, but i personally dont think these new formats will give us much more than a lot longer listening time, and hopefully another channel or two :) Matt I doubt that the extra time will be used very often; why sell one DVD-A when you could sell several? -- Simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer
Simon Mackay wrote about MD2-Data: What Sony needs to do is promote the new MD-Data2 650Mb disc as a "B drive" is to market it as a "Zip killer". I'm a little concerned that we should be discussing "killing" Iomega to help promote MD. I have no shares in Sony or Iomega, so my only interest in promoting general MD usage are: 1) it's cool 2) wider usage should bring down the price of blanks MD equipment. I have no desire to inflict collateral damage in essentially unconnected markets. I'm not sure we will derive ANY benefit from the success of MD2, except perhaps an inceased awareness of MD, and it might actually hurt us by making our current investment in MD obsolete sooner. simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Simon Mackay wrote: Hi, [...] An interesting appliance concept for this medium would be a digital image view-download unit for use in the field. These devices, in a similar vein to Iomega's Clik digital-image-download device which fills 40Mb disks, would transfer images from a CompactFlash card or a SimartMedia card to an MD-Data2 disc (which holds 10 times the amount of the biggest CF card). This would allow a photographer to work at the highest resolution on one of the new 2.3 or above megapixel digital cameras for a long time without worrying about memory-card space. This comes in handy during weddings, holidays and other occasions where a lot of pictures are being taken and there is no chance of being able to download the images during the trip. Don't forget a FireWire port! :) To be able to transfer from your DV or D8 camera directly to that device; standalone FireWire cards costs about $300, I'm sure that having the porte integrated on a mass production unit will lower a lot the costs... I'm definitely not going to spend $300 for having a couple of USB-alike ports, but will definitely spend those or more un such device: a multi-conector-cheap-reliable-media-multi-purpose mass storage device... Don't forget that zip/jaz/clik etc. can't match MD media stability (MO) also, they're as (I guess less) reliable as a hard disk... That device would be a dream gadget! greets, *---(*)---**-- Francisco J. Montilla System Network administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] irc: pukkaSevilleSpain INSFLUG (LiNUX) Coordinator: www.insflug.org - ftp.insflug.org - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Simon Barnes wrote: Hi! Simon Mackay wrote about MD2-Data: What Sony needs to do is promote the new MD-Data2 650Mb disc as a "B drive" is to market it as a "Zip killer". Well, I guess it's pretty easy to make a zip/jaz/clik killer in terms of media price and reliability by simply using MD. It will not only be far superior to any Iomega device, but even MO devices (here having equal reliability), since media will be a lot cheaper... I'm not sure we will derive ANY benefit from the success of MD2, except perhaps an inceased awareness of MD, and it might actually hurt us by making our current investment in MD obsolete sooner. I guess you're seeing it from the wrong (and certainly as Sony uses to see) point of view: I'll position it so that owners of MD gear can have such unit as a _complementary_ device, something ala midiman CO2/3 regarding interfaces, but including storage; as those units will have USB/FireWire ports, if Sony makes them so that they can dump/write standard music MD, you won't have to buy a souncard with S/PDIF or toslink for audio transfer, nor a slink/slink-e or IR hack to control it. The device will be intended to do data manipulation and storage, i.e., you put a music MD in, connect via your USB/FireWire port to the PC/Mac and be able to record/dump music digitally at several times normal speed via the USB port with a minimum of fuss; you can take later that MD with your preferred portable unit then. I see it as a complementary device to Decks and portables aimed to computer users... Sony! are you listening!? ;P greets, *---(*)---**-- Francisco J. Montilla System Network administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] irc: pukkaSevilleSpain INSFLUG (LiNUX) Coordinator: www.insflug.org - ftp.insflug.org - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: UNKNOWN CABLE IN SONY COMMERCIAL
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Robert Vargas wrote: Does anyone know what the white cable in the Sony Minidisc commercial that is connected to the MZ-R55 is? The commercial usually runs on MTV. I've only seen this commercial once, but the cable looks like a RJ45 connector, commonly used in ethernet networks and for hooking your PC up to ADSL or a cable modem. This commercial emphasizes that you can use your MD to record your music from the net. No, you can't plug the RJ45 directly into the MZ-R55 ;) Ian - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer
Francisco Jose Montilla wrote: Well, I guess it's pretty easy to make a zip/jaz/clik killer in terms of media price and reliability by simply using MD. It will not only be far superior to any Iomega device, but even MO devices (here having equal reliability), since media will be a lot cheaper... Bear in mind: (a) MD-data blanks still cost around 4x audio blanks (b) MD-data was (is?) slow, MD-audio can probably manage ~ 2MBit/s, to compete you need at LEAST 8MBit/s. (c) There is a resistance to multiple media standards. No one wants to end up with their data on an obsolete medium (8"floppy,5"floppy,A.N.Other tape c.). Given that there is already a mini-DVD format (I think), who's going to swallow ANOTHER similar sized incompatible format ? CD has been a hit, and I don't think it will go away any time soon. DVD looks like son-of-CD, but is still in it's querulous infancy viz: DVD-RW, DVD+RW etc. But DVD discs are too big to be portable. I'd like to see a 3" (pocket-sized) rewritable format, and something that can read old MD's would be great (like DVD drives reading CDs). But I think we may be left behind because MD never had enough penetration to be noticed. simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Remote control
This paragraph was referring to the Sony MZ-R37 - not a Sharp. Sorry, i misred that! But it might be interesting to have a sony remote control a sharp walkman, because the MT15 does not come with a remote. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Digital Copy Question...?
* "Link :-7" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 22 Feb 2000 | When I copy that MD to MD digitally (yeah, I have a Prospec stripper) do I | lose any sound quality? I mean digital is digital, so do I undergo another | ATRAC compression and lose the slightest bit of sound quality? Yes. When your MD player reads from the disc, it "expands" the signal to a full 16-bit S/P-DIF signal. This S/P-DIF signal is then recoded on the recorder. However, signal loss is so slight when you do this that sensitive equipment is usually required to detect the difference. Both DAT and MD are very popular tools for semi-professional and professional editing and mastering. -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ Happy Fun Ball contains a liquid core, Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ which, if exposed due to rupture, should PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ not be touched, inhaled, or looked at. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Help with Denon DMP-R70 - need manual, battery
Greetings - I just purchased a used Denon DMP-R70 in reasonably good shape. I need a manual (photocopy or original) and a source for a replacement battery. Any suggestions? Grover Penn Valley CA - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer
How much space is on an data MD? Don't zips hold 100 or 200 MB? Yours, Dicky -- He who laughs last thinks slowest. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. -- http://classifieds.excite.com/cgi-cls/ad.exe?P1+C187+R1275664 http://homepages.tesco.net/~xwizard/richard/ http://profiles.yahoo.com/richard_of_atlanta http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Castro/3420/ ICQ #: 56224965 Instant Messenger: bunnyphat - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer
I don't know if you realize this, but this discussion is about the new MD-Data discs which can hold 650mb and which I assume to be quite fast. Does anybody have any specs on these? Ian On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Simon Barnes wrote: Bear in mind: (a) MD-data blanks still cost around 4x audio blanks (b) MD-data was (is?) slow, MD-audio can probably manage ~ 2MBit/s, to compete you need at LEAST 8MBit/s. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: UNKNOWN CABLE IN SONY COMMERCIAL
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Robert Vargas wrote: Does anyone know what the white cable in the Sony Minidisc commercial that is connected to the MZ-R55 is? The commercial usually runs on MTV. I've only seen this commercial once, but the cable looks like a RJ45 connector, commonly used in ethernet networks and for hooking your PC up to ADSL or a cable modem. This commercial emphasizes that you can use your MD to record your music from the net. No, you can't plug the RJ45 directly into the MZ-R55 ;) Ian My guess is that there is as much data being transferred down whatever the cable is, as there is data being transferred to or from the MD discs we see used in films, and tv programmes like "Scrapheap Challenge" here in the UK (in which programme, the MD provides live video, and starts playing in well under half a second, more like instantaneous-- yeah, right :-) It's just a prop I'm sure. Cheers, PrinceGaz -- "if it harms none, do what you will" Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://website.lineone.net/~princegaz/ ICQ: 36892193 Earn a minimum of $20 per hour by watching ads on the net! Visit http://www.bepaid.com/users.rhtml?REFID=10164669 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer
Original data MDs hold 160mb. The new MD-Data2 discs hold 650mb and are currently being used in Sony's new "discam" camera. Old zips had a 100mb capacity, and there is a newer 250mb version out as well. Ian On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Richard Ian [iso-8859-1] Träcy wrote: How much space is on an data MD? Don't zips hold 100 or 200 MB? Yours, Dicky -- He who laughs last thinks slowest. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. -- http://classifieds.excite.com/cgi-cls/ad.exe?P1+C187+R1275664 http://homepages.tesco.net/~xwizard/richard/ http://profiles.yahoo.com/richard_of_atlanta http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Castro/3420/ ICQ #: 56224965 Instant Messenger: bunnyphat - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: crossfade between tracks (was: My Diamond Rio Experience)
could shock memory be replaced with the ability to eliminate silence and have a good transition between songs? Like those CD changers that take 5 to 10 seconds to change disks, can you set them to record some in memory so by the time the disk has to change, you could have gapless playing? Sony megadisk CD changers will do crossfade transitions if you have two changers. The Sony MDX65 car changer does disc change without interruption (but not crossfade) using the shock memory. I'd like to see a crossfade feature that works regardless of whether the tracks are on the same disc, different disc in the same changer or different disc in a different changer. Given a sufficient amount of RAM, it doesn't look like it would be a big deal... In an ideal implementation, it would be user adjustable, say from a uniform 5 second gap between tracks to a 5 second overlap. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer
on 00.2.23 2:13 PM, Francisco Jose Montilla at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't forget a FireWire port! :) To be able to transfer from your DV or D8 camera directly to that device; standalone FireWire cards costs about $300, I'm sure that having the porte integrated on a mass production unit will lower a lot the costs... I'm definitely not going to spend $300 for having a couple of USB-alike ports, but will definitely spend those or more un such device: a multi-conector-cheap-reliable-media-multi-purpose mass storage device... $300 USD? I've seen a number of 1394 interface cards for well under $100 USD. $69.99 or something like that. -- Tony Kwong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To read English synopsis of Long Vacation and Oishii Kankei visit my JDRAMA pages at the following URL: http://members.xoom.com/tkmedia/dorama - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: earphones sound quality during recording
Hi Folks, what is sound quality during digital recording on MZ-R90/55? Is it ATRACed sound or raw CD? Cheers Miko - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MD Bundle 6 recorder problem
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Esteemed list, I am sending this message for a friend with a bit of a problem... The problem I have is that when I record from my Toshiba 2109 DVD Player to my Sony MD Bundle6 recorder. I am getting a lot of skipping on the burned copy even though I hear no skipping on the source DVD player when making the copy. I have a coaxial cable running from the DVD to the receiver and then an optical cable running from the receiver to the MD recorder - therefore I am recording in the digital mode not analog. The interesting thing is that some of my recordings are coming out perfectly while others are skipping a tremendous amount - even though while I listen to the discs being recorded there is no skipping heard. Any ideas??? Jim Browning [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212) 526-8283 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Remote control
Sorry, i misred that! But it might be interesting to have a sony remote control a sharp walkman, because the MT15 does not come with a remote. A standard Sharp remote works well. I think it would still transmit display bits, but I'm not sure... - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: earphones sound quality during recording
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Mikolaj Wilczynski wrote: Hi Folks, what is sound quality during digital recording on MZ-R90/55? Is it ATRACed sound or raw CD? AFAIK the monitoring sound is not ATRACed, as the ATRAC chips can not play and record simultaneously. Ian - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MD Bundle 6 recorder problem
Could possibly be the discs. Try using a different brand of blank and see if that makes any difference. Also, are you playing the discs back on the same deck that you recorded them on (mds-330 I think)? That also could make a difference. eD - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer
From: Simon Mackay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MiniDisc Mailing List (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 5:51 AM Subject: MD: MD-Data2 as a "Zip killer" Hi everyone! When I first heard about the MD Data format being released by Sony, I thought that it would be a successful "B Drive". But Iomega went in around the time that Sony released MD Data and aggressively pushed their "Zip" disk on everyone. The factors that brought Zip as the primary "B drive" was the snappy name, the sexy blue case that the external drive came in and the way the earlier versions were able to connect via the parallel port on the average PC. This was exaggerated by the big-budget ad campaigns that they took out, with the goal of running it as a "loss-leader". Don't you think the fact that ZIP is about 40 times faster than MD may have had something to do with it? MD drives at that point were only equivelet to about 2x floppy drive speed. What Sony needs to do is promote the new MD-Data2 650Mb disc as a "B drive" is to market it as a "Zip killer". This would mean designing USB or SCSI external drives that work with current-generation PCs and Macs and are presented in sexy boxes; encouraging the Linux community to write Linux drivers for the MD-Data2 drives, providing software for playing (and perhaps editing or recording) regular audio MiniDiscs; and market it in a loss-leading way. Definately! To make it a good data storage drive though, it needs a drastic speed boost. Zip250 discs have over 2Mb per second transfer rates on the internat ATAPI models, so they're hard to compete with. The MD-Data2 discs could hold heaps of high-resolution digital images (especially in bitmap form), many projects worth of Word documents, one or two desktop publishing projects with all of the images for that project. And dual layer DVD-RW holds 5.2Gb, not too far off for computers now I would think MD is going to have a hard time competing in the computer marketplace. I think the reason superior technology fails to catch on quickly when Sony are in charge (ie Betamax and MD) are that Sony have the worst marketing department of any company I've come across, so naturally people are left not knowing what the units are capable of, and as a result buy something else. An interesting appliance concept for this medium would be a digital image view-download unit for use in the field. These devices, in a similar vein to Iomega's Clik digital-image-download device which fills 40Mb disks, would transfer images from a CompactFlash card or a SimartMedia card to an MD-Data2 disc (which holds 10 times the amount of the biggest CF card). This would allow a photographer to work at the highest resolution on one of the new 2.3 or above megapixel digital cameras for a long time without worrying about memory-card space. This comes in handy during weddings, holidays and other occasions where a lot of pictures are being taken and there is no chance of being able to download the images during the trip. That would be great, although wouldn't the new IBM micro-drives be a better substitute? By providing a built-in LCD screen in the device (which the Iomega Clik device doesn't have), it makes it possible to preview images taken during the past shoot, thus conserving the camera' batteries for taking pictures. LCD screens drain batteries very quickly, which is why I never use the LCD screen unless I have a few spare batteries or mains supply handy. I get about 12 hours work time from my single battery normally, but less than 2 with the LCD screen on. Raking a picture requires minimal battery power unless you use the flash. The most sensible implementation of this I've seen was on the Canon A-1 camcorder, where the colour hi-res LCD screen was inside the viewfinder and was only about 1cm wide, but it was enough to watch back clips and find edit points. The unit can support external video outputs so images can be viewed on a video monitor by a group or projected using a video projector. USB ports would be provided so the unit can be connected to a computer for image manipulation or to a printer, card drive (for other solid-state media) or scanner. As well, regular audio MiniDiscs can be played in the unit, with such facilities as an "at-a-glance" track index. Well, the size of it would make a laptop and web-cam a smaller substitute, but we can dream! Personally I think this would be a mistake for MD, as there are technologies on the horizon that would (once again) leave MD standing still. I'd settle for Sony actually marketing their existing products effectively!! Magic -- "Creativity is more a birthright than an acquisition, and the power of sound is wisdom and understanding applied to the power of vibration." Location : Portsmouth, England, UK Homepage : http://www.mattnet.freeserve.co.uk EMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting
RE: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Simon Barnes wrote: Hi, Well, I guess it's pretty easy to make a zip/jaz/clik killer in terms of media price and reliability by simply using MD. It will not only be far superior to any Iomega device, but even MO devices (here having equal reliability), since media will be a lot cheaper... Bear in mind: (a) MD-data blanks still cost around 4x audio blanks That will probably go cheaper... (b) MD-data was (is?) slow, MD-audio can probably manage ~ 2MBit/s, to compete you need at LEAST 8MBit/s. Are you sure that the MD data used on that camera runs at that speed? Is perfectly possible... greets, *---(*)---**-- Francisco J. Montilla System Network administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] irc: pukkaSevilleSpain INSFLUG (LiNUX) Coordinator: www.insflug.org - ftp.insflug.org - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === (b) MD-data was (is?) slow, MD-audio can probably manage ~ 2MBit/s, to compete you need at LEAST 8MBit/s. Are you sure that the MD data used on that camera runs at that speed? Is perfectly possible... He's saying megabits NOT megabytes. Do you realize how slow something is if it's transfer rate is measused in megabits?? Those numbers are not very impressive. LAS === MIME part removed : text/html; === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Minidisc in theatre (skipping problem)
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Yeah Crew! I'm the Sound Crew chief for my HS's theatre department, and we're switching entirely over to minidisc for the next show... Although we'll probably run off of a portable as my school doesn't buy us anything. We're producing Fiddler on the Roof, but with a full pit (speaking of which, if anyone has any good rooster/chicken sounds, I'd appreciate them :) ). Anyway, I didn't actually have any suggestions, just wanted to acknowledge the existence HS sound techs using MD. Oh, and 15 full productions a year? I'm duly impressed. At 09:57 PM 2/23/00 , you wrote: Hi Jeremy, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know if anyone has already told you this; I'm a theatre technician(techie). Basically we do everything but the acting(lights, sound, backstage). Anyways, last year we bought 3 minidisc decks. We've used them for just about every show that we do(about 15 a year). Did I mention this is a high school. Funny thing happened during an original production of "Sleeping Beauty". All of the music was recorded onto minidisc, because we had no pit orchestra. About 5 minutes from the end of the show, it started skipping. Why? The minidisc deck was stationary. Please help. I'd check the disc for dust and dirt. You don't mention what MD equipment you're using, but If the problem's happening with many discs, your deck may be out of adjustment, or the optical block may be going bad (a frequent problem with pre MDS-JE500 Sony decks). I'm forwarding your note to the MD mailing list in case others have any suggestions. Rick - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Arita Blanks are Memorex or Visa Versa
Hi List, For all of you Aussies who are wondering about the Arita discs you bought, I'm pretty sure they are the equivalent to Memorex discs here in the US. Someone sent me an Arita disc from Norway (yeah, believe it or not) and it is identical to the Memorex Color Series which has been flooding the market here in the US for $1.50 a disc. Memorex is cutting costs on these though, there are no individual slip/flip cases and the 5 Disc case isn't the most sturdy thing in the world. For all you guys and gals "Down Under" what color was the discs you bought if I might ask. The one sent to me was Yellow, and the plastic shrink wrap actually stuck to the disc case when I pealed it off. Anyone experience this. I was wondering if you are getting more than one color. Also, are they made in Taiwan? Just curious. Cheers, from a guy who has nearly 100 different varieties of blanks... Link __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I would buy it in an instance, if there is a MD data drive that uses MD's - Original Message - From: "Simon Mackay" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "MiniDisc Mailing List (E-mail)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 5:51 AM Subject: MD: MD-Data2 as a "Zip killer" === The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Hi everyone! When I first heard about the MD Data format being released by Sony, I thought that it would be a successful "B Drive". But Iomega went in around the time that Sony released MD Data and aggressively pushed their "Zip" disk on everyone. The factors that brought Zip as the primary "B drive" was the snappy name, the sexy blue case that the external drive came in and the way the earlier versions were able to connect via the parallel port on the average PC. This was exaggerated by the big-budget ad campaigns that they took out, with the goal of running it as a "loss-leader". What Sony needs to do is promote the new MD-Data2 650Mb disc as a "B drive" is to market it as a "Zip killer". This would mean designing USB or SCSI external drives that work with current-generation PCs and Macs and are presented in sexy boxes; encouraging the Linux community to write Linux drivers for the MD-Data2 drives, providing software for playing (and perhaps editing or recording) regular audio MiniDiscs; and market it in a loss-leading way. The MD-Data2 discs could hold heaps of high-resolution digital images (especially in bitmap form), many projects worth of Word documents, one or two desktop publishing projects with all of the images for that project. An interesting appliance concept for this medium would be a digital image view-download unit for use in the field. These devices, in a similar vein to Iomega's Clik digital-image-download device which fills 40Mb disks, would transfer images from a CompactFlash card or a SimartMedia card to an MD-Data2 disc (which holds 10 times the amount of the biggest CF card). This would allow a photographer to work at the highest resolution on one of the new 2.3 or above megapixel digital cameras for a long time without worrying about memory-card space. This comes in handy during weddings, holidays and other occasions where a lot of pictures are being taken and there is no chance of being able to download the images during the trip. By providing a built-in LCD screen in the device (which the Iomega Clik device doesn't have), it makes it possible to preview images taken during the past shoot, thus conserving the camera' batteries for taking pictures. The unit can support external video outputs so images can be viewed on a video monitor by a group or projected using a video projector. USB ports would be provided so the unit can be connected to a computer for image manipulation or to a printer, card drive (for other solid-state media) or scanner. As well, regular audio MiniDiscs can be played in the unit, with such facilities as an "at-a-glance" track index. With regards, Simon Mackay === MIME part removed : text/html; === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: I Love MD- but- New car dilemma
I've enjoyed MD for over 2 years now -This is a perfect format for so many uses. My dilemma is I want a new car and I want to have MD, preferably transfer my 2 Sony MD changers (8 MDs) to the new car, but I don't relish the idea of removing an expensive integrated audio system from the dash of a $25 to $30k car, esp. if it's a brand new car. I don't really want a CD changer at all, but the cars I'm looking at have the audio so integrated into the car it seems a mistake to remove it. I'd lose steering wheel controls, maybe security functions, integrated dash designs, and possibly devalue the car. It's frustrating. I want all that PLUS my MD changers. So now I'm toying with the idea of making CDRs ( I don't collect pre-recorded CDs) that I could use in these cars and all I can see is all the functions of MD I would miss. I'm looking at the Lexus Coupe (used), Legend Coupe (used), or the new 2001 Acura CL. The new CL has a 6 CD player in the dash, all use Nakamichi or Bose systems. Any thoughts? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Arita Blanks are Memorex or Visa Versa
I'll have a closer look at the discs when i get home tonight to clarify this, but from what i can remember: - Each disc came in it's own slip case. - There was no "5 disc case" - The discs are yellow with Arita labels all over them - Yes the plasic wrapper over each disc case stuck to the case when i peeled them off. - I'm pretty sure they were made in Taiwan Sounds like they must be pretty well identical to yours! So i guess i'm dealing with "re-badged" Memorex's eh? Thanks for the info. Cheers, Jason -Original Message- From: Link :-7 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 24 February 2000 15:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MD: Arita Blanks are Memorex or Visa Versa Hi List, For all of you Aussies who are wondering about the Arita discs you bought, I'm pretty sure they are the equivalent to Memorex discs here in the US. Someone sent me an Arita disc from Norway (yeah, believe it or not) and it is identical to the Memorex Color Series which has been flooding the market here in the US for $1.50 a disc. Memorex is cutting costs on these though, there are no individual slip/flip cases and the 5 Disc case isn't the most sturdy thing in the world. For all you guys and gals "Down Under" what color was the discs you bought if I might ask. The one sent to me was Yellow, and the plastic shrink wrap actually stuck to the disc case when I pealed it off. Anyone experience this. I was wondering if you are getting more than one color. Also, are they made in Taiwan? Just curious. Cheers, from a guy who has nearly 100 different varieties of blanks... Link __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] EOM NOTICE - This message contains information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. It may also be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: I Love MD- but- New car dilemma
Hi. There's always Sam's Club and their now $99.99 Aiwa receiver. It comes with an Aux jack on the front panel. Surprising (especially since the unit also comes with 2 crappy speakers) it is a decent unit. My son had paid several hundred dollars for a JVC receiver and then bought 2 decent Pioneer speakers. But I still thought the sound was bad. When I started using that car for myself again, I put the Aiwa in it. You can't believe the improvement in the sound quality (even from the tuner section). There Aux jacks used to be common when CDs were fairly new and portable players cost $300. But as you know, as CD caught on more and more head units had CD players in them and the jacks have been eliminated for the most part. I haven't seen a recent Aiwa catalog, but a the last time I checked, most of their auto receivers had the Aux jack. Aiwa is a highly under rated company. Largely do to the fact that they are know for making plastic book shelve units for Gen X. But they do make some higher end stiff and their quality is very good (I think the F70 is an excellent MD recorder (except for the stupid external battery dongle. Regards, Larry Law8080 wrote: You can purchase an Rf modulator to send the MD signal through your factory fm tuner. Of course this defeats the whole "digital" experience but it is an option. Also Alpine makes audio input boxes for factory headunits so you can accomplish what you desire but you will have to buy some sort of controller unit for the MD changers as the factory unit can't control them. If you find a really good high end shop they can intergrate a Sony headunit to work with your steering wheel controls. You may do a web search for USD Audio and Navone enginering they have a steering control unit modules that can be used for any headunit. Good Luck - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: ATRAC Compression
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Howdy all, a little while back, a week or so anyway someone wrote in asking = about generational loss of atrac encoding. I'm sorry i dont remember = the name of the book i read this in, but here are a few little things = that i recall from it. First off most of this stuff is in theory only = and in reality doesn't apply. I remember reading that if in a perfect = environment you had 2 identical recorder/players that had digital = inputs/outputs and no attenuational loss whatsoever that when you = recorded from your original source to the first generation of atrac = there would be a loss of quality, however in that "perfect" world where = it was all digital and no attenuation or any other interference at all, = going from your recorder/player to your other identical md = recorder/player since the ATRAC systems should be identical and should = attempt to compress the audio the same in all the same places the = recording's should not have a generational loss. remember this is in a = perfect environment. however when you go from an ATRAC from one maker = to another, or even a different generation of ATRAC, there would be a = larger loss than in that perfect world because it would attempt to = compress in different areas. so basically what it was trying to say is = that if you recorded from let's say a denon DMD-1000 to another DMD-1000 = and back and forth forever you would get less generational loss than = going from a DMD-1000 to a sony PC-2 and back and forth because the = ATRAC encoding systems would attempt to comrpess the audio in different = areas. Anyway if i can find the book that was in i'll let ya'll know. = I hope this helps out a little bit, and remember this is all in a = "perfect" environemt which we all know does not exist so it's pretty = much a moot point, but i thought it might help someone out there :) Later Matt === MIME part removed : text/html; === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
