MiniDisc Community Pages News for 14 October 2001
o Prateek Sharma points out further [1]Sony MD advertising on [2]MTV's
band tour dates page (suggesting, perhaps, the plural benefits of
taking an MD recorder along for the ride?).
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 7 October 2001
o Ecoustics has a fairly complete [1]automated price watch table for
MD gear.
[1]
http://ecoustics.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php?page_id=89ut=97cc4dc269ea12c9
o The $100 recorder: [2]PC Mall and [3]eCost have the [4]Sharp
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 30 September 2001
o AV-Land (UK) points out a [1]photo and [2]Japanese press release for
Panasonic's SV-SR100 ([3]English summary ), a portable CD-player
capable of also playing AAC, MP3 and WMA audio from Panasonic's SD
(secure digital) memory
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 19 September 2001
o James Koutsis reports that Sony's MZ-R900 stars in a McDonald's New
Tastes Menu ad on Australian TV, featuring a nice close-up that
occupies most of the screen.
o Sunil Panchal notes that Sony MDS-JE440 decks are going for 110
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 9 September 2001
o Mike Harman takes binaural recording to its logical extreme with a
set of [1]in- ear microphones.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/in_ear_mics.html
o MDMan (Korea) posts a [2]gallery of MZ-E909 photos. The machine's
elegant
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 2 September 2001
o The South China Morning Post (HK) has a nice shot of the
[1]Kanji-capable remote on the Sony MZ-E909 portable MD player.
[1] http://technology.scmp.com/ZZZ3LQZEQQC_sumpic.html
o The Minidisc T-Station snoops out the [2]Denon
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 29 August 2001
o NetMD Dream Machine: Karl Bahr reports that Sharp is showing a
prototype NetMD portable recorder at the International
Funkausstellung (consumer electronics show) in Berlin. Dubbed the
MD-MT899, the unit is nearly identical in form
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 20 August 2001
o MDMan.net (Korea) posts clear snapshots of the [1]Sharp MD-ST880
portable player.
[1] http://mdman.net/minidisc/mdp/sharp/st880/snap/
o George Styles' [2]Rip MDS-PC3 package V0.4 (a freeware
[3]alternative to Sony's
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 5 August 2001
o Tony Kwong gives a brief but useful [1]review of the Griffin iMic, a
USB audio input device for Macs.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/imic_review/iMic_MR.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 6 August 2001
o More 8cm CD/MP3 players:
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 29 July 2001
o Martin Roberts finds a plethora of MD [1]portables and [2]home units
at QED (UK), including the [3]Sharp MD-MT99 for 151 w/shipping. He
also finds the [4]Sharp MD-MT877 for 180 (plus shipping) from Empire
Direct (UK).
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 24 July 2001
o Tony Maric points out a [1]USA Today article pitching the MD format
against solid state devices.
[1] http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/2001-07-23-mp3-usat.htm
o Conor Lalor launches a version of his [2]MD Labels site
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 16 July 2001
o John Lui's [1]positive Sony MZ-R700PC review for ZDNet Asia
indicates that Sony is shipping the unit with an analog PC link
there.
[1]
http://www.zdnetasia.com/reviews/personal/electronics/story/0,240287,30089505,00.htm
o
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 9 July 2001
o Mike Pusfarm kindly scans the [1]Sony MDX-CA680X in-dash MD player
manual (PDF).
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/sony_mdxca680x_manual.pdf
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 10 July 2001
o YF finds a [1]photo and Japanese press release
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 1 July 2001
o Sunny Lam reports [1]low Canadian MD portable prices at
Futureshop.ca. Update 7/4: they have since jacked their prices up to
MSRP.
[1]
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/subclass.asp?logon=langid=ENdept=9WLBS=fs%2Dweb4catid=10085
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 24 June 2001
o Guy Lambert points us toward [1]a slew of official Sony user
manuals, including those for the [2]MZ-R900 and [3]DCM-M1 (Minidisc
camcorder). Did you know the DCM-M1 will record 4h20m of ATRAC
stereo audio to an MD-Data2 MD? See
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 17 June 2001
o [1]TraderTrax now carries fashionable, [2]color coordinated(!)
optical cables, as well as a US$22 (w/shipping) [3]100VAC step down
transformer (useful for running Japanese gear in the US). Minidisc
Tricks and Tips:
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 11 June 2001
o Xitel provides info on their [1]MD-Port DG2 and Mike Paulus finds
[2]Macintosh user reports of experiences with the device under MacOS
X.
[1] http://www.xitel.com/products_dg2.htm
[2]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 3 June 2001
o Use Japanese car MD units in Australia! Kohn points out the C. A.
Tronics [1]Car Radio Frequency Converter that shifts the Australian
FM band (94-108MHz) into the Japanese FM band (76-90MHz).
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 18 February 2001
o Irage pulls through again with a slew of new MD manuals all in PDF
format: Denon [1]DN-M1050R, [2]DN-M991R (plus [3]supplemental );
Onkyo [4]MD-105X, [5]MD-121, [6]MD-2521; Sharp [7]MD-MS722 quick
guide, [8]MD-MX20 (plus
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 12 February 2001
o T-Station has [1]info on JVC's new XM-R700 portable MD recorder and
[2]Sharp's new MD-ST70 portable MD player. Peter Ravn spots a
[3]Japanese Sony press release describing the new MXD-D40, a CD/MD
combo deck.
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 4 February 2001
o Get your MiniDisc watches here! We have a feeling that the actual
product won't live up to its description, but you can enjoy checking
out iGadget's deal of a [1]Sony MZ-R33 watch model (complete with
true analog watch hands!).
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 15 January 2001
o Walter Knapp spots owners manuals (in pdf format) for the pro-use
[1]Marantz PMD650 and [2]HHB MDP500 portable MD units at
Minidisco.com.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/manuals/Marantzpro.pdf
[2]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 1 January 2001
o Happy New Year!
o The Chinese electronics news website ITPower.net has a page
describing Sony's "ultra high quality" [1]MD2000 blank MiniDisc,
spotted by Tim Chapel.
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 24 December 2000
o Paul Mercier finds the [1]Axiontech Aureal Vortex2, a low-priced PC
sound card with a digital optical output.
[1] http://www.axiontech.com/cgi-local/prdtinfo.asp?prdt=SOAUVORTEX2
o Brian Teh notes an official website where
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 3 December 2000
o [1]Hyperjack is now offering all of Sony's latest MD portables.
[1] http://www.hyperjack.net
o Blas Sotelo finds a Sony Hong Kong webpage [2]promoting MDLP.
[2] http://www.sony.com.hk/Electronics/mdlp/promot.htm
o
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 19 November 2000
o Ian Brown discovers [1]Warehouse123.com selling MD, CD, DVD, and
MP3 portable players at exceptionally low prices. Update: Buyer
beware! several people question this vendor's authenticity.
[1] http://www.warehouse123.com
o
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 12 November 2000
o PriceGrabber.com shows the [1]Sony MZ-R70 ranking 5th in the most
popular searches for electronic products (spotted by John Salomone).
[1] http://www.pricegrabber.com/home_elec.php
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 15 November
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 30 October 2000
o Hot new find! Michael discovers a Japanese Sharp [1]press release
for their new portable recording MD unit, the MD-MT77 (currently
smallest in the world, MDLP-capable, USB connectable, flashy
multicolored LED lights built in).
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 22 October 2000
o Based out of Singapore, [1]MD Portal offers deals for MD portables
and accessories for shipment worldwide.
[1] http://www.minidisc.20m.com/
o Several new units are found: the [2]JVC XM-PX50/70 portable MD
players (pictures
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 17 October 2000
o [1]Kheops MiniDisc offers 80-min MD blanks for $2 per disc (after
using one of these coupons: [2]1 [3]2 [4]3 ), USA only.
[1] http://www.buyitonline.com/kheopsminidisc
[2]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 8 October 2000
o MiniDiscussion is looking for people interested in [1]running
MiniDisc message boards that deal with a topic they're experienced
in.
[1] http://www.minidiscussion.com/resident_experts.html
o Jesus Perez makes a website
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 1 October 2000
o The [1]Sony MZ-B50 is spotted on a Japanese electronics page
(English [2]translation ) with help from Steve Jess. Two new pro-MD
units were also found on Sony's Japan website: The [3]MDS-E10 and
[4]MDS-E12.
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 24 September 2000
o Peter Ravn finds [1]Feltech, a reasonably priced UK MD dealer.
[1] http://www.feltech.co.uk
o Ned Luce scans in a Sony MDS-JA333ES flyer ([2]page1, [3]page2 ).
[2] http://www.minidisc.org/sony_mdsja333es_release1.jpg
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 17 September 2000
o [1]Eric Whitney takes the MDCP's editorial reins for 3 months. As
ever, Minidisc related sightings, reviews, tips and comments sent to
[2][EMAIL PROTECTED] are welcome!
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/who_we_are.html
[2]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 10 September 2000
o Thank You Sony! End-Search can be permanently automated on the
MZ-R900. Japan-Direct posts [1]MZ-R900 closeups and quotes from its
user manual as follows: ``How to Set Rec-Posi: If you wish to avoid
overwriting the currrent
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 4 September 2000
o Alain Brenzikofer describes a [1]simple circuit for digital format
conversion.
[1] http://n.ethz.ch/student/brenzala/digitaloptic
o Cheng Jin spots "David Console Shop" (Hong Kong), offering low
prices on MD [2]players and
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 28 August 2000
o Paul Harris finds a clear shot of [1]Denon's DMD-M10 mini-component
deck, intended to couple with their [2]D-M3 and [3]D-M5 personal
stereo systems.
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 20 August 2000
o Gregory Chan finds the Sony PC Link (aka Xitel MDPort-AN1)
[1]available separately from Electronics E-Mall for $38 w/shipping.
He reports it works fine on Macs with third party USB cards after
[2]downloading Apple's USB 1.4.6a1 DDK
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 13 August 2000
o MD competition? Ilwoong Pyo points out the [1]MET 8cm CD/MP3 player,
though not tiny (98x93x23mm), nor particuarly long playing (4 hours
battery life) it does offer 3-6 hours of MP3 audio capacity on cheap
mini-CD media. (No price
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 8 August 2000
o Glen Wintringham points out Japanese announcements for Onkyo's MD LP
[1]Intec 155 and [2]FR-S77/V77 bookshelf systems. He also finds
English PDF manuals for the Onkyo [3]MD-2321 and [4]MD-185X decks.
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 30 July 2000
o David Popovits addresses several [1]repair questions from readers.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/repair_q1.html
o Attachai Ueranantasun finds [2]dStore Music (Australia) selling
pre-recorded MDs.
[2]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 23 July 2000
o Cheap Blanks: Adam Prestin notes a sale (until Sat.) on Sony Color
5-packs for $8 at CompUSA and Zach spots Memorex 5-packs for $8.75
at [1]National Recording Supply (mention "blues before sunrise" for
free shipping).
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 16 July 2000
o We now have a [1]Sherlock plugin which allows users of MacOS 8.5 and
above to search this site (and the MD-L mailing list) from the MacOS
Sherlock search interface. Let us know if you find these plugins
useful.
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 9 July 2000
o George Michalski kindly sends in an [1]Aiwa AM-F80 user manual
(.pdf) and adds a few [2]favorable comments about the unit.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/aiwa_amf80_usermanual.pdf
[2]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 2 July 2000
o Nasim finds a good selection of MD blanks at [1]TapeCity (UK).
[1] http://www.tapecity.co.uk/acatalog/TapeCity_Mini_Discs_6.html
o [2]Shaka Media (Japan) offers their own line of MD blanks, and in
wholesale quantities.
[2]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 18 June 2000
o Portable, recordable CD-R: Nicolas Stizza finds the [1]Sony
MVC-CD1000; world's first digital still camera recording to 77mm
(3") CD-R (156MB cap).
[1] http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/CD1K/CD1KFL1.HTM
o Jon offers
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 15 May 2000
o A friend points out photos and Japanese information for the [1]JVC
XM-PX55 and XM-PX33 players. The [2]spec tables show the XM-PX55 has
record breaking battery life (NiMH: 27h, AAx1: 43h, Both: 75h) and
record sharing weight (61g
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 8 May 2000
o Adam Zenkner also spots Minidisc equipment at [1]Abargain.co.uk.
[1]
http://www.abargain.co.uk/uk/section_bottom.php3?name=MINIDISCPLAYERSnum=1type=sectionaisle=HOMEENTqry=product=brand=
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 9 May 2000
o
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 23 April 2000
o David Janson notes that [1]Music Press On Demand, an MD vending
machine, will begin service in Japan this week. (Don't miss the
[2]MPOD FAQ, available on their [3]top page )
[1] http://www.v-sync.com/mpod/description.htm
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 16 April 2000
o Ryan Graft has made a [1]page devoted to live MD recording.
[1] http://home.earthlink.net/~graft/mdrecording/mdrecording.html
o Lou Moore encourages [2]MD Trading in his recent newsletter.
[2]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 9 April 2000
o Microformat Wars part III: Aivar Grislis finds a [1]Wired article
covering the [2]DataPlay Disc, a tiny 500MB write-once medium
designed to hold music, books, games and photos.
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 3 April 2000
o James Torsen finds a ZDNet article concluding that [1]MD is superior
to the Memory Stick Walkman.
[1] http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_4625.html
o Doug Rice shows how he made a [2]Remote Control Timer for an Aiwa
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 28 March 2000
o Leon posts his 25 button [1]cellphone-like MD portable fantasy.
[1] http://wayweary.tripod.com/discarray/krilsen/recorder1.html
o Stephen Roux notes that the '00 Cadillac Seville has a [2]MiniDisc
option for $300. Oddly, they drop
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 19 March 2000
o Phil Gartman finds a [1]Sony DCM-M1 Discam blurb on CNet. They like
the editing features, but not the image quality.
[1]
http://electronics.cnet.com/cgi/crunch/FReview2.asp?ptable=CamcordersPID=1000357
MiniDisc Community Pages
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 12 March 2000
o Superfi posts rotatable photos of the Sony [1]MZ-E60 (a camelback)
and [2]MZ-E75 units.
[1] http://www.superfi.co.uk/sonyfol/mze60/index.htm
[2] http://www.superfi.co.uk/sonyfol/mze75/index.htm
o Barney Kahn points out a
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 5 March 2000
o Hardeep Bhogal and others report that [1]MinidiscNow is gone. A
rather sad story, MDN was among the earliest and most active of the
MD e-tailers, but their reportedly poor customer service apparently
caught up with them.
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 27 February 2000
o Tim Yocum has made a handsome [1]review of the MXD-D3, Sony's 4X
CD-MD dubbing deck.
[1] http://www.yocum.org/minidisc/mxd-d3
o [2]TechToys4U (Salt Lake City, Utah) offers MiniDisc portables and
decks.
[2]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 21 February 2000
o Will Smith finds the Sony [1]MZ-R70 and [2]MZ-E60 units for sale at
QED (UK). (Dimensions and battery life info for these units would be
[3]much appreciated )
[1] http://store1.europe.yahoo.com/qed-uk/20870b.html
[2]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 8 February 2000
o Glen Wintringham describes his [1]fondness for the Sony MZ-R91.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/mzr91_review.html
o Dave Derby tries out the [2]Voquette Netlink, but finds it
disappointing.
[2]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 30 January 2000
o Tim Russell takes a close look at Sony's solid state [1]Music Clip
player and its SDMI constraints. His recommendation: stick with
MiniDisc.
[1] http://members.home.com/timruss/musicclip.html
o Jimmy Bogard points out the
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 25 January 2000
o Tony Wang contributes an informative [1]JVC XM-P5 MD player review
as well as pointing out [2]MiniDiscWeb.com, an MD web retailer
selling popular portables and accessories.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/jvc_xmpx5_review.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 9 January 2000
o Benny Chan finds the [1]Aiwa AM-F70 for $200 at Tweeter (search for
"amf70").
[1] http://www.tweeter.com
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 11 January 2000
o Laurence Lee spots Sony's photo and Japanese announcement of their
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 3 January 2000
o We're collecting a few MiniDisc [1]tricks and tips.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/trick_tips.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 4 January 2000
o Rodrigo Drupi Mansilla starts a [1]Spanish MiniDisc page.
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 26 December 1999
o Pierre spots the [1]first CD/MD receiver, from Onkyo.
[1] http://www.onkyo.co.jp/www_e/nwpdct/nwpdct_e/euro/fr435euro_e.htm
o Thomas James notes word (and [2]photos ) of Minidisc. com 's
stylish, upcoming [3]MD retail shop in
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 13 December 1999
o William Hollingworth has updated his [1]MiniDisc Manager freeware
(for Sony decks with S-Link ports) to allow automated recording and
track titling of MP3 and CD tracks through an interface with Nirvis'
CDJ Music Library
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 30 November 1999
o Peter Ravn points out a [1]press release for C-3D, a company
boasting technology for storing 140GB on a CD-size carrier, [2]using
multiple storage layers.
[1]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 22 November 1999
o Thomas James and Darrin report that [1]Minidisc-Canada is now
online, supplying portables, blanks and accessories to the North
American market.
[1] http://www.minidisc-canada.com
o Spencer Pablo has some [2]snapshots from
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 14 November 1999
o Michael Petnuch writes a [1]Sony MZ-E90 review.
[1] http://minidiscworld.homepage.com/mz-e90.htm
o KVE finds a blurb about [2]Sharp's MP3 to MD solution.
[2] http://mp3.com/news/435.html?hparticle2
o Nicolas Stizza comes
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 31 October 1999
o Marc Wielage kindly scans the [1]MZ-R90 user manual (pdf). Did you
know track naming from CDs (aka ``Joint-Text'') requires a button
push per track, during recording?
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/sony_mzr90_user.pdf
o Patrik
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