Re: MD: MD and Cassette Walkmans.

2001-06-18 Thread las
Churchill, Guy wrote: Except I believe Macrovision should kick in and mess the picture up (light and dark fades). Or is this only present on composite video inputs? All I can tell you is that up until a few weeks ago I had a set up like that myself in my bedroom and it worked perfectly.

MD: Sony MDS-JE470

2001-06-18 Thread Shawn Lin
I'm selling my Sony MDS-JB920 (I've got it on Ebay right now if anyone is interested) http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1246402719 I'm thinking to replace it with a new, cheap plastic MDLP capable deck. I record digitally all the time, and I'm sure my hearing isn't all that

Re: MD: MD and Cassette Walkmans.

2001-06-18 Thread las
Shawn Lin wrote: This won't work with most VCR's due to Macrovision. This is analog copy protection that hides in the blanking signal, most TV's are immune to it. However, it causes a constant light/dark transition of the picture, geometry distortion, and color distortion through most

Re: MD: MD and Cassette Walkmans.

2001-06-18 Thread Shawn Lin
las wrote: That's what you would think and if you tried to copy the DVD to a VHS tape you couldn't. But I had no problem doing this up to a few weeks ago when I purchased a new Flat screen Toshiba TV/VCR combo with extra video inputs. I took the video out of the DVD player and plugged it

Re: MD: MD and Cassette Walkmans.

2001-06-18 Thread Christoph Hertel
* Thus spake Churchill, Guy [2001-06-18]: When was the last time someone on this m-list purchased a Cassette walkman ? Are they still very popular ? They are still on the shelves but I don't know anyone who has bought one in the last 3 years. I know quite a few. The thing is: they're

Re: MD: Recording speeds

2001-06-18 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, las wrote: My question is this, does firewire have to be limited to video and audio devices? You can get printers, all kinds of imaging devices (cameras, scanners, video (as you mentioned), CD-RW drives and pretty much any other common storage device with firewire

MD: USB Power

2001-06-18 Thread Clinton, Martin
Hi everyone, Howard Chu wrote: USB and power: USB only supplies 5V @ 500mA max per device. Fine for keyboards and mice, but nowhere near enough to run a printer or scanner, so forget that issue. I hope I'm not misinterpreting your comment Howard, but my Canon scanner connected to my laptop

Re: MD: Sony MZ-R700DPC

2001-06-18 Thread las
David Fincher wrote: I dropped by Target today and picked up the 700, as someone on this list had earlier promised it would be there. They had the 500 advertised at $149 and the 700 at $199. It rang up for $249, but the display said $199, so I challenged them to look at it and they

RE: MD: MD and Cassette Walkmans.

2001-06-18 Thread John Andrusko
Never looked at a tape walkman again. I'm working on that right now. I'm trying to replace all my cassette stuff with MD, but cost is a slight [!!] factor. I'm also transferring all my cassette content to MD and giving the tapes away.

Re: MD: No place for Feely Touchy people on this list

2001-06-18 Thread Neil
On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:37:20 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neil seems bothered that I posted a feely touchy reply. Not at all. I get the feeling that he was annoyed by the fact that I am a feely touchy person. Not in the slightest. But don't let it stop you from jumping to the

Re: MD: MD and Cassette Walkmans.

2001-06-18 Thread Neil
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 03:25:12 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snipped discussion of how Macrovision works... I think the key phrase here is copy. The process does not affect the signal if it is simply passed through. My understanding of how Macrovision works, is that it is broadcast

Re: MD: MD and Cassette Walkmans.

2001-06-18 Thread Mike Lastucka
When was the last time someone on this m-list purchased a Cassette walkman ? Are they still very popular ? They are still on the shelves but I don't know anyone who has bought one in the last 3 years. Perhaps parents still buy them for their kids? shrug I haven't had a walkman in a long

RE: MD: MD and Cassette Walkmans.

2001-06-18 Thread Mike Lastucka
Except I believe Macrovision should kick in and mess the picture up (light and dark fades). Or is this only present on composite video inputs? It works in both I think. Otherwise what would be the use. Do VCRs even come with composite inputs? SVHS maybe. Everyone else's uses the standard

Re: MD: MD and Cassette Walkmans.

2001-06-18 Thread Mike Lastucka
All I can tell you is that up until a few weeks ago I had a set up like that myself in my bedroom and it worked perfectly. It would not work if I tried to make a tape of the DVD, but it played through the TV just fine. How old is your VCR? I had an ancient one that I could dub tapes with no

RE: MD: Sony MDS-JE470

2001-06-18 Thread Kenneth Lee
Hey..I am going to do the same thing too.. but I am going to sell of my 940, since the 470 and 770 can be controlled by the pc link kit, but the 940 can't... by the way, do you know any place I can buy the 770? It seems it doesn't exist anywhere... Ken -Original Message- From:

Re: MD: Sony MDS-JE470

2001-06-18 Thread Shawn Lin
Kenneth Lee wrote: Hey..I am going to do the same thing too.. but I am going to sell of my 940, since the 470 and 770 can be controlled by the pc link kit, but the 940 can't... by the way, do you know any place I can buy the 770? It seems it doesn't exist anywhere... I haven't found any

Re: MD: recording at festival with MZ-R500

2001-06-18 Thread Peter Jaques
you'll need a microphone preamp for your 500. peter * Thus spake Jeffrey C Gunderman [2001-06-15]: I'm going to a large five day outdoor concert festival in July. I would like to record some or most of the shows I go to. I have a Sony MZ-500. Would I just plug the mic into the Line

Re: MD: Clie (was: Sony doesn't seem to have a portable MP3 player)

2001-06-18 Thread Rich
A few Clie points to correct... Ok, a bit overkill, but it certainly fits the bill of being portable! If its anything like my old Palm Professional, it would be about the size of an MZ-R50. My Palm Professional was, without the case, almost the exact same size as my R50. For the record, the

Re: MD: Clie (was: Sony doesn't seem to have a portable MP3 player)

2001-06-18 Thread Dave Kimmel
Ok, a bit overkill, but it certainly fits the bill of being portable! If its anything like my old Palm Professional, it would be about the size of an MZ-R50. My Palm Professional was, without the case, almost the exact same size as my R50. For the record, the Clie is about the same size

Re: MD: hi

2001-06-18 Thread t0ner, inc.
No offense, but there certainly needs to be a good MiniDisc FAQ created, as we get this question every two weeks Is there a minidisc drive I can put audio on or How do I record MP3's to MiniDisc. Right, now, I'll do a little explanation here,... Technically there is a PC MiniDisc

MD: Hacking Memory Stick (was Sony doesn't seem to have a portable MP3 player)

2001-06-18 Thread Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor
Jacob Alifrangis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I wonder how many hacks tehre are for the Open MG Systems to trick it into thinking that it can take unsecured music? It's the other way around that's interesting: Getting non-MG (i.e. non-secure) Memory Sticks store (and play) secure music -- that

MD: MZ-G750 radio remote?

2001-06-18 Thread Alan Dowds
Hi, I may be completely off the mark, but did someone say the MD/radio walkman has the radio buit into the remote? If that's the case, can you use that remote with anything else? (like my MZR900...) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of

MD: Composite v's Component (was: MD and Cassette Walkmans / Macrovi sion).

2001-06-18 Thread Churchill, Guy
-Original Message- From: Mike Lastucka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 18 June 2001 21:58 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MD: MD and Cassette Walkmans. Except I believe Macrovision should kick in and mess the picture up (light and dark fades). Or is this only present on

MD: Macrosplat disabled.

2001-06-18 Thread Churchill, Guy
http://www.svideocomposite.com/svideovcr1.html Has anyone seen these? ... according to the web site it kills Macrosplat. Regards GC (Sorry for the extra non MD content). - To stop getting this list send a message containing

RE: MD: Macrosplat disabled.

2001-06-18 Thread Tsuki-yomi
http://www.svideocomposite.com/svideovcr1.html Has anyone seen these? ... according to the web site it kills Macrosplat. Regards GC (Sorry for the extra non MD content). Another option is one of these http://www.oatleyelectronics.com/bmonth.html Its cheap (AUS$30) and works well. It

Re: MD: Sony MZ-R700DPC

2001-06-18 Thread Kenny Hannah
- Original Message - From: John Andrusko [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MD List (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 5:01 AM Subject: RE: MD: Sony MZ-R700DPC I dropped by Target today and picked up the 700, as someone on this list had earlier promised it would be there.

Re: MD: MD and Cassette Walkmans.

2001-06-18 Thread Luis Dodero
all she needed was to plug her DVD player into her video recorder. When she pressed play on the DVD player with the recorder set to line in, the output would go through the VCRs RF output. Actually I don't think that's quite true all the time...doesn't DVD have macrovision that doesn't let

Re: MD: Sony MZ-R700DPC

2001-06-18 Thread las
Kenny Hannah wrote: I dropped by Target today and picked up the 700, as someone on this list had earlier promised it would be there. They had the 500 advertised at $149 and the 700 at $199. It rang up for $249, but the display said $199, so I challenged them to look at it and they