Re: MD: What up with MD

2000-08-05 Thread las
Sony failed to see the importance of prerecorded media, but consider some of the most successful media - When the MD was first introduced, Sony had huge displays for prerecorded MDs. I remember this huge picture of Michael Jackson and a really complex high class display. But the store didn't ac

Re: MD: What up with MD

2000-08-05 Thread Graham Baker
> > Obviously music is going to be downloaded... whatever format can > downlaod is going to > win. Their insistence on not making MDs easily compatible with MP3s is > the begining > of the death knoll for the MD. Money is being poured into MP3 and its > players here in > the states so that is wha

Re: MD: What up with MD

2000-08-05 Thread Shawn R. Lin
Charles Redell wrote: > > I hate to say this but I really have to say that I don't think we > are going to > see MD become the cassette of the aughts and tens Sony has very much > abandonded > the concept here and is now marketing it solely to us, those people who > will pay more > for q

Re: MD: What up with MD

2000-08-05 Thread Charles Redell
This is slightly off subject but inspired by the below email (and various discussions I have followed lurking here for the past month or two). Just some thoughts on the viability of MD (in the states at least). I hate to say this but I really have to say that I don't think we are going to se

Re: MD: Re: monauralizing algorithms

2000-08-05 Thread Jonathan Irwin
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Eric Woudenberg wrote: > May I suggest at least one more experiment? Try it with wideband and > narrowband (0-5khz) white noise. OK - I will do this fairly soon, probably tomorrow, once I have written a program to generate the white noise. Jonathan ---

Re: MD: monauralizing algorithms

2000-08-05 Thread Jonathan Irwin
On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, David W. Tamkin wrote: > And a volume of -1.2 dB will still light up the last bar, I believe. Yes... I think the values marked on the scale are the top levels for each bar. > All right; where do I get a different tone generating program? It can write > .wavs, right? Then

MD: PDF service manuals

2000-08-05 Thread Mark
Hi, Some of the PDF service manuals on the www.minidisc.org site are structured, by which I mean they contain text and diagrams etc, not bitmap scans of the pages of a paper manual. For example, one such file is at http://www.minidisc.org/mdx65_11.pdf Obviously having a proper PDF file is pre

Re: MD: What's up with Best Buy !

2000-08-05 Thread Jeffrey Scorsone
I used to work for Best Buy years ago, and they do screen for drugs. I can't say for an of the other stores that have been mentioned. -Jeffrey On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, las wrote: > > > "These are all stores that inspect potential employees' urine. " > > Are you stating a fact about BB or are you

Re: MD: What's up with Best Buy !

2000-08-05 Thread Jeff J. Voeller
On 5 Aug 2000, at 13:03, las wrote: > > "These are all stores that inspect potential employees' urine. " > > Are you stating a fact about BB or are you just assuming? They're constantly hiring here in Sacramento and on their sign advertising that fact it always says "Best Buy is a drug-free

MD: Radio Shack Rechargeable Sealed Lead Battery

2000-08-05 Thread James S. Lee
I just found out that Radio Shack has now officially "devalued" their Portable CD Player Power Pack. This unit was originally priced at $40.00. Now they are going for $1.00 (one dollar). I love these things. I have been using a couple of them with my portable DAT player for a couple of years. The

MD: Radio Shack Rechargeable Sealed Lead Battery

2000-08-05 Thread James S. Lee
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I just found out that Radio Shack has now offic

Re: MD: What's up with Best Buy !

2000-08-05 Thread las
> "These are all stores that inspect potential employees' urine. " Are you stating a fact about BB or are you just assuming? I have a friend that was recently hired to be a manager in one of the departments of a BB that is soon to open in the King Of Prussia PA area. I'll have to check on that

Re: MD: What's up with Best Buy !

2000-08-05 Thread Jeff J. Voeller
On 3 Aug 2000, at 11:29, Mike Burger wrote: > One thing I learned a long time ago: If you're looking for sales > people with even a moderate facsimilie of a clue, never shop at > Best Buy or CompUSA. Even half the Circuit City folks I talk to > have no clue. These are all stores that inspect

Re: MD: What up with MD

2000-08-05 Thread Jeff J. Voeller
On 4 Aug 2000, at 21:19, las wrote: > From all of the e mails I have read here, it seems that even Best > Buy has thrown in the towel on MD. They still stock plenty of it in Sacramento, where the Good Guys also reports selling a lot of it.