RE: MD: In-car MD players
I've got one of these JVC car systems as well, and as I've said before, the only disapointing thing I've found, was the the cd player skips more than I expected (maybe we just have rough roads here in Australia!!) I haven't had experience with other in car cd's so I don't really know how it compares to others in this regard, but I've had nothing but good vibes about the look of the unitso many people say" wow, cool, love the flashing lights and stuff" and compared to the pioneer units (some of them put on a complete "show", others are just plain cheesier than the JVC) I'm really happy with it. I don't ever recall seeing the panasonic one, some it must be new, but that sounds like a really god idea, having two slots and all.. Just one more pointonly in Japan have I seen them com in two colours. Here only the chequered carbon fiber look exists, but over there, I had a choice of that and a slick looking metalic/grey-silver unit. Just a quick note on the Maxell discs.i haven't ever had to record on them, but my teacher (I'm a conservatorium student-classical music and all) records all his stuff on to them and passes it on to me. He's used them now for about a eight months, and neither of us have had a problem with them at allnever been stuck, never broken. Maybe I should get out while I'm still alive!!! :) cheers all. jeremy. -Original Message- From: Andy Turnbull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, 25 March 2000 02:56 Subject: MD: In-car MD players Been looking at getting a MD player for the car as the EMPEG mp3 player seems a tad on the expensive side! Quite like the idea of the JVC-MX3000 which incorporates CD and MD in the same slot, however I think it looks a bit cheesy - all flashing lights and gimmics. Can anyone speak from experience regarding any in-car MD or MD/CD players ? Oh, I'm in the UK btw ! Regards, Andy T - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Plastic Maxells
I see there has been a lot of bad experience with the Maxell mds, but I've never had a problem with them. My teacher buys them buy the box load and dumps lots of his vast cd collection on them for me. I haven't really tried to ever re-record on them, so maybe for a single use purpose they're fine, but he's nvere had aproblem with them either. I listen to them lots and haven't ever had one jam on me or anything. are these the yellow/pink/purple/green (I can't remeber any other colours) Maxells with the see-through plastic shutter? I think they at least look cool :) But for what it's worth, I've never had a problem with them, or for that matter ANY disc, and I've been going for about 4 years now and tried a variety of brands...can't see much difference in any of them really. my 2cents worth. jeremy. I've had problems with the plastic shutter Maxell's. They didn't record properly and exhibited a "stuttering-like" effect as though the disc was getting physically jammed and stopped spinning, then momentarily freed itself and then jammed again and so-forth. The problem seemed to relate to the discs since several other types of disc recorded fine subsequently. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Arita Blanks??
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I can find out who supplies Arita in Brisbane no worries, my dad brought one home for me to try from one of the reps that visits his store.will ask him. I found it to be fine...no worries. Actually I had a friend complain the other day that his Sharp portable simply won't play TDK discs and SOME sony discsit just gets stuck on TOC access.has this been brought up before...seemed awfully strange to me. cheers, jeremy. -Original Message- From: RMS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 24 February 2000 09:23 Subject: Re: MD: Arita Blanks?? Ive bought 10 sofar thru jaycar in auckland, they record fine in my 20ES and little bookshef system, and play fine in my car player (all sony) I cant fault them, and the price is great. Anyone know the distributor of arita in australia/nz at all? might see if I can bypass the middleman so to speak. - Original Message - From: Lynch, Jason JD [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 10:59 AM Subject: MD: Arita Blanks?? Hi all, I was wondering if anybody here has heard-of/seen/used Arita brand MD blanks before? I picked up a box of 5 at a computer market here in Australia pretty cheap... they seem to work OK. Anyone had any experience with these before? Thanks Jason - 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
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === yeah, It was yelow alright, but it came in an individual case and had labels etc included, I do remember there being a funny thing with the shink wrap around it though, I think it was really sticky or something!! The distributor here in Brisbane is Techtrade. Cheers. jeremy. -Original Message- From: Link :-7 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 24 February 2000 14:31 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]
MD: mini disc advertising (was hating mp3)
I too think that Sony needs to actually do something about MD. I see
Phillips' CD-R ads ("Got to admit it's gettin' better -- gettin' better
all the time") on TV and elsewhere, but the only advertisements for MD
I've seen are in Marvel Comics! Nothing even in SOUND VISION magazine,
I don't think. TV and radio commercials would help a lot. In fact, now
may be Sony's one window of opportunity.
Hi there list,
belive it or not, Sony does actually advertise the Mini Disc over here in
Oz. I gota admit though that the ads are really strange and very obscure,
I'm not sure it's really what they need. No explanation of the general
capabilities, though it does make it clear that they have recording
capabilities I gotta admit. I have never seen print media advertisements
though, only in Japan where there are brochures in all the stores (cause
most big stores sell everythingKmart style I guess). It has just a big
a hiold over there as cd etc in terms of presence in stock displays.
Well, enough of my ramble, just a point of interest.
jeremy.
-
To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word
"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: URL for md blanks
Hey Jason, Thanks for your email man. Yeah MD's are too expensive huh! I get Kodak blank CD-R's for $1.90 each at the local comp fair, but blank MD's are $4.50. $1.90 is a great price. Why do you think it is that everywhere else in the world people are paying hepas for CD-rs? And consequently very little md blanks? You wouldn't know the URL's for any good blank MD suppliers in Japan would you ? There is a link on the md community page (sorry don't have the address handy but could find it quickly if you need it) for an actual shop front store in Japan (foget which city) that sends out mini discs and acc., I guess they have good prices. I'm sure there are others, I have a friend that gets em from somewhere else, but it's best to buy them in boxes of at least twenty to thirty, so be prepared. So I can't be more specific :( Those prices I quoted come form a place I know in Hiroshima that is over the road from the baseball stadium (hint: anyone going to hiroshima should check this part of town out, heaps of good music stores). Anyway, this is not a music store, but a shop that sells lots of stuff cheap. They have had (both times I've been there) a few bins of varying quality discs ranging from $2 AUS to about $6 AUS for the REALLY good md's that usually cost about $15-20 over here. ie professional quality studio etc. Sorry everyone else for the ramble, but thought it might be of interest to anyone planning to be in Japan, just a thought. jeremy. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: MD Blanks in Australian
Hey Jason, I'm lucky enough to have been to Japan a few time in th elast few years and I just stock up there everytime I go. I throwaway bins, these things come out at about $2 Aus quite frequently. If you line up some friends to get you some that's the best way to go. Alternately, buy them from Japan on the net, there are some good places around. I've noticed everywhere else that the price of CD-r's are more expensive than md, but I can get CD-r's here in Oz for about $2.50 Aus a pop, but still pay $5 Aus for a blank MDgo figure!! jeremy in brisbane - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MZR-30 problem
Hi everyone, My name is Jeremy and I'm new to the list. I have had look through the archives and around the web and haven't seen an answer to my problem, so I thought I'd give this list a try. I have a Sony MZR-30 that I bought at the end of 1996. It's worked great for all this time, but just a few weeks ago something strange happened, and it hasn't fixed itself. When I record something, everything goes well until th ewriting of the toc, then it just doesn't seem to write properly. Either it doesn't write anything, then recognizing th edisc as a blank disc (yes wiping anything that was already on there) or it writes something, but freezes or reads it VERY slowly. I really just want to know if this can be fixed or if it's time to upgrade. If it's something simple it shouldn't be a worry. Thanks for any advice in advance. jeremy. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
