i live in sydney australia and i was just wondering if i bought mini disc in
england could i use them on my australian mini disc.
or are they like dvd and have different regions.
thanks heaps adam.
Hey mate,
There are basically only 3 different types of MDs. But they are all compatible
Jarvie, James wrote:
I wanted to point out that JVC has a series of auto CD players that also have an aux
input that can be used quite nicely for a portable MD unit. There are three of
them, and the most expensive of the three also plays MP3 CDs. I have the least
expensive of the three,
My son is a teacher at a private school. This year they gave all of the
teacher's Ibook Titaniums. He had a problem with it and I tried to help over
the phone. But I'm not Apple literate.
We couldn't understand why the school bought Apples and even the entire system
in the school is Apples.
Sorry I haven't contributed much lately, but since last week I'm glad to go to
work (I have to kind of force myself to be there). I'm not as bad as some
people, who are afraid to even get out of bed (I actually heard that on CNN).
There is an Asian curse that simply says may you live in
Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor wrote:
I don't know the answer to this, but am forwarding your question to
the MD mailing list. If anyone there knows, I will add the information
to the MZ-R700 and MZ-G750 entry (and also reply to you).
While it may work for a few specific models, the
A good choice for me would be the Sharp SR-70 except the only feature
missing is MDLP.
Colin.
I would suggest the Sony MZ-R700. If you plan on doing a lot of voice
recording, as opposed to music, you should be able to take advantage of the MDLP
4 mode. If you shop around you may be able
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I'm a 700 owner and love it, got the free armband case from sony and that works
great when running or walking.
the record quality is good and the digital output device for the computer is nice
even though i only used it once to test it.
The one problem i have is
Howard Chu wrote:
I think the next MD-Walkman needs to be an MPEG2 realtime Video recorder.
Just
as tape progressed from audio to video, it seems the next logical step for
MD.
The Discam was an interesting proof of concept but they really need to take
it
further now, and put an i.Link
I remember those. They would sell them as Toys R Us.
No! That's a different unit than the one I'm talking about. The unit I'm
speaking of was a color mini VCR. I can't remember if it required a special
tape or not, but I do remember that the tapes were pretty small.
If I remember
J. Coon wrote:
Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
Studio master tape is 1 wide, and is still the medium of choice. VHS is
3/4 and Beta is... I want to say 2/3. The point? Size is relative.
I keep tring to convince my girlfriend about that.
Nah Jim. The quality of those skinny mini DV
competing designs. The FCC put certain
restrictions on them and it took 10 years settle that.
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Shawn Lin wrote:
In my personal observations, MD is only a dying format in North
America. It seems to be doing fairly well in Europe and Asia, but
that's what I gather from what other Europeans have said. Do you notice
MD dying in Europe in your own observations?
Shawn
But after all
Shawn Lin wrote:
ALL Wal-Marts?
I'll have to check it out, I don't remember seeing MD at Wal-Mart but
maybe it's there, I noticed they've been totally reorganizing the
electronics section at the Wal-Mart Supercenter that I go to. Perhaps
that reorganization includes MD.
Maybe Best Buy
Jinx wrote:
What is DSP Type R? Is it higher quality than standard atrac?
For answers to all but the most specific of questions, the answers can
be found by going to the Mini Disc Community Page.
one way to get their is http://minidisc.org/
a more specific answer will be found at
smaller than the disc, you would still have to have the
unit closed on at least one size. That side would be a little longer than the
disc. Plus you would still have the disc's size.
There are practical reasons for ot making a unit smaller than a disc too.
LAS
Well it has finally happened. It was on the bottom shelf in a corner like some
kind of piece of crap, but I saw a few Sony R500PCs there. They come with the
analog USB to MD adapter and sell for $180.
Then I went to check on blanks, since it seemed to me that if they sold a
recorder, they
really care about
titling. I don't see any huge popularity for CDs that have the titles on them.
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macdef wrote:
I wonder if that's true. One thing's for sure -- if they are both
manufactured by MPO, they're on different lines, because the Hi-Space discs
are definitely built much better...
I'm sure that the ones that say, made in France are made by MPO. I used to
hear bad things about
in Japan
and he sold them at the lowest price he sold blanks for. But once they were
gone, they were gone.
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Hi Ian,
Hope you don't mind if I cc the MD mailing list.
Ian Cruickshanks writes:
What could you tell me to get me to buy a MD recorder, over a
standard portable cd-player, especially with the new cdr drives for
peoples computers?
Well, if
Bill Crawford wrote:
I've had my 'R3 for a little over two years, and until very recently it's
been
a real trouper. Of course, everything dies...
As of now, it has some problems reading the occasional disc. The real
problem, though, is that it displays 'TOC W ERROR' whenever actually
Bill Crawford wrote:
Ah, yes, but the MD-R3 isn't a portable. It's a 3CD/1MD deck. If I do end
up having to replace it, I'll probably end up going with separate
components--
a carousel CD player and a JB940, if I can sell my spleen fast enough. :)
Sorry, I thought that you were
obvious? I would have
called them P (like an MZ-P2).
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J. Coon wrote:
Is this it?
I WANT YOU
No one ever said it was gonna be easy
A pain to tease me the barriers broken
Climbing aboard a white knuckle ride
rating.
What if (if it ever really happens) Net MD isn't compatible with the MDLP portable you
buy?
I haven't check it out, but they are constantly adding new items to eBay. What you
can't find today, might
be there tonight.
With MDLP out, the prices of SP portable recorders should be low.
LAS
Shawn Lin wrote:
For CD recordings via digital output, the answer is NO, there should be
no difference in sound quality.
If you are recording with analog outputs, then yes, there will be a
difference in sound quality due to the DACs.
Hi Shawn. That's probably the reason you can buy a mini
This e mail is directed to Eric Woudenberg and anyone else with any kind of inside
track to Sony.
Is there any way to find out what the story is with Net MD? Is it real and when
will it be released?
Sony's release of the the 909 has me a little concerned. If you plan to be
releasing Net MD,
x rays and
hoping that I may even be able to submit claims by computer.
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it to the
local authorized shop. But they had received a bulletin from Sony to return
them directly to Sony. I think that they did an upgrade to the firmware as well
as getting the disc out. I know that there was some kind of upgrade mentioned
in the bulletin they showed me at my local shop.
LAS
color screens
with thousands of colors.
Compaq's iPaq, can store color pictures and even function as an MP3 player.
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talking
about an audio MD, not data. Every CD ROM drive can also ready standard CD audio
files. I'm sure that they could make a drive where the ATRAC was a computer program
instead of a chip in the unit. Why not?
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Brent Harding wrote:
Oh, I always get mine custom made at a local shop, and they seem to find it
hard to get isa slots in a board, as I use a speech device that I've had
since I used a 486, and the new one which is PCI doesn't have drivers for
the software I use, in windows or the linux
J. Coon wrote:
You got the Microsoft monopoly to thank for that.
They are thinking.
All your base are belong to us.
Hi Jim.
That whole anti trust thing turned out to be a joke. Now with the present
administration in Washington, that's the end of that.
One of the main companies that is
sync an analog recording, but it would not be
completely accurate. That's the beauty of using a digital link. It's not just
that the sound quality may be better, but you can get a bit by bit copy (if you
are not using any compression).
LAS
are actually negative numbers like -00:1, -00:2.. and then
the next song starts and the numbers are in sync again.
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to explanations about MD in general, you will find links to almost every piece
of MD gear that have been sold.
LAS
Jinx wrote:
Can somebody either send a link to what Type-r is or run it down quick for
me? I think I lost that one, I haven't heard exactly what that does
there is
such a thing called AIDS. Better stay away from those places. Life is too
short as it is.
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J. Coon wrote:
I like to record jam sessions, practice sessions, dances, and music
off
the radio, etc.
My youngest son has my Sony MZ-1 and sometimes records his band.
I mentioned this because he has my oldest son's Les Paul. Like you always
write below, he really loves Gibson
J. Coon wrote:
There is one that I recorded with my SOny R-30 on this page
http://members.tripod.com/Liteways/index.html
and you can compare it with others including Gibsons, Flatirons,
Gilchrist, and the Holy Grail, a Gibson Lloyd Loar.
These recordings were made with my Sony R-30 and
Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor wrote:
So Michael, it seems you've now moved on to DataPlay and DVD density
discs as the thing to rest your heart upon. After you find out how
little access the recording industry will be giving you to your data
when stored in these formats, come on back
, grain, etc. of the x
ray itself.
I'm not sure if it is the compression, so much as the use of digital itself
that is causing the artifacts. Try listening to an early CD on an early CD
player. I think in many cases you will not be satisfied.
Must my 2 cents.
LAS
MCDEF WROTE
Well, you're wrong -- the difference is not that the CD player is superior.
While I do have some very nice CD equipment, one of my blind tests was
between a Optimus portable CD player -- one that cost $129.99 in 1994 -- and
an MZ-R50, one of the best MD portables ever made.
macdef wrote:
But that had nothing to do with the D/A converters in each unit. It had to
do with the EQ of the headphone jacks. Sony headphone jacks are EQ'd to have
a flatter response, while Sharp headphone jacks are EQ'd to be warmer,
which includes a bit more bass/upper-bass. But those
Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor wrote:
macdef [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You really need to use the same DAC and line amplifier to compare
these two sources. Is it possible to try this experiment again with
the CD signal being routed through the MD recorder while the MD unit
is in
this increase the quality of the video? I believe that there are no
enhancements for video on the receiver, only loads of DSPs for audio.
Any feelings on the matter?
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J. Coon wrote:
I just changed cars, and my new one is an Olds Silhouette with a built
in CD/Am=FM stereo, complete with the radio controls on the steering
wheel.
With my old car, I just popped a cassette adaptor into it andlistened to
my MDs, and when I had to replace that, I got one of
about
CD-RW is that it can read CD-RW discs. I really think it's only a
player, unless you paid abut $500 for it.
AFAIK you have to download from a computer and either write directly to
to a writable CD or to your hard drive and then write to a CD.
LAS
other units.
The Aiwa was a good unit but it is old. The Sharp was just recently released.
Also check the equipment browser
http://www.minidisc.org/equipment_browser.html
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macdef wrote:
First off please excuse me for not addressing you by your name, but I didn't
notice it anywhere and I didn't want to refer to you as MACDEF.
las [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Granted, you have to spend a LOT more money on a vinyl system, and
put a LOT more care into it, to get
.
Having grown up in the vinyl and cassette era, I don't bother with
titling at all. Writing down the titles on labels is more useful to
me. I never look at the player when it's playing anyway.
That's interesting. I also grew up in that era and also really couldn't
care less about titling.
LAS
.
They said we couldn't fly until someone proved them wrong. They said
that no
airplane could move as fast as the speed of sound until someone made
one. They
say that it is physically impossible to move at the speed of light, but
maybe in
the 21st century someone will disprove that too.
LAS
Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor wrote:
Right! While I appreciate your bravery Michael, the sad fact is that
we (the users) are not permitted to decide which features and
conveniences modern audio gear will have. Not even the manufacturers
can. In this day and age the decision has been
David W. Tamkin wrote:
I think there might be a confusion of terms here. To me a burner is a
computer peripheral, and an external burner is one that connects by cable to
a USB, parallel, or Firewire port on the computer instead of needing to be
installed inside the case.
I'm pretty sure
Gerry Morgan wrote:
I hope that any
future, computer-literate flavour of minidisc that might emerge will
sound at least as good as what we have now. It does not necessarily follow
that it will. My older (late 1950s and 1960s) LPs generally sound better
than those from the 70s and 80s.
Hi
macdef wrote:
You make many valid points. but several statements that you made are not
accurate.
Granted, you have to spend a LOT more money on a vinyl system, and put a LOT
more care into it, to get sound comparable to a CD system, but that's
another story.
You would have to spend so much
)? At least 80% of the MP3 files I have seen
are recorded at 128.
If I were able to double the bit rate of ATRAC I would get half the storage space
but create MDs equivalent to cd-quality that even 'golden ear' people might
not be able to detect the difference in a blind listening test
LAS
. It does that just fine.
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in my
opinion. There are equalizers because to different people think different
settings sound better. But in strict terms of fidelity the CD has to come out
on top unless you copied it from vinyl :).
LAS
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Hi jim,
Until I received my e mail and yours, I hadn't received anything since
Saturday. I usually get the digest every Sunday night, but it didn't
come (not that I read them that often).
Larry
J. Coon wrote:
it works here
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3 MB. Also, if each song averaged 3 minutes, that would be 2 hours + of music.
If it ever really happens, maybe Net MD (Sony spells it as 2 separate words) will fill
the gap.
Las
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There are probably software programs that will allow you to to convert on the
fly as you are transferring the files to your computer.
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the ability to work directly with the ATRAC files.
Imagine if you could upload an MD from your recorder and then manipulate the
tracks by being able to add titles and even sonic enhancements.
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Richard Rudie wrote:
Yeah... Sony makes a fuss about NetMD and then releases a new portable
without it? I suppose that'll be the MZ-R910, which will of course come
out immediately after you buy a R909. Anyone hear when NetMD might show
up in actual products?
One list member commented
and you have songs recorded on
analog media (vinyl, cassettes, etc.) that you need to transfer, your best bet,
IMHO, would be to record them on to MDs. From there if you wanted you could copy
them to your computer.
LAS
Brent Harding wrote:
Is there any devices out that will allow
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does anyone know if the sony mz-e500 comes witha backlit remote?
It doesn't. I don't think it even has an LCD on it.
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Shawn Lin wrote:
Hope my explanations and silly analogies make sense. :)
Shawn
Shawn,
That was great!!! I didn't think that the analogies were silly. Thanks,
One question though, aren't Watts a measure of the electricity consumed? Isn't the
formula amps X volts = watts? If that is
Shawn Lin wrote:
It's not exactly a way for electrical companies to rip us off though, as
to determine total power consumed (past tense) you do have to take into
account both amps, volts, and time. This is why the meter on your house
is in kWh (kilowatt-hours, power * time). This is
Shawn Lin wrote:Probably not enough mA, the original one was 5V@700mA I think.
That's one of the major pieces of knowledge that I learned from being on this list for
years, Although you would think that too much
mA would burn your unit up and worst case, less just wouldn't work, less can
James Jarvie wrote:
From what I have read in these pages, and you
discovered this yourself, the Sharp will play using a
4.5 volt input, but will not charge. Also, 6 volts is
too much for a Sharp 5 volt unit. I tried to run my
MD with a 6 volt unit (not realizing it). Thankfully,
the MD
Regarding Sonys proposed Net MD, right now all audio MD recorders record
in some form of ATRAC. Would it require major additional electronics to
be able to record MP3 files directly on to Mini Discs from a PC, via
either USB or Firewire?
To me this seems akin to Sonys eventually having to
Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
Which is about 1/4 the price of replacing your MD recorder when the
el-cheapo power supply fries it.
Most of the Sony Transformers that I have seen are seem are el-cheapos that are
made in China.
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Francisco J. Huerta wrote:
I usually power my devices with Radio Shack filtered power supplies, and
never had any problems.
Then again, I haven't tried plugging in my MZ-R90 to one of those =)
Me too. Radio Shack's are not that cheap. I've seen them in Wal-Mart with a
dozen plugs for
Shawn Lin wrote:
Thanks, I think Radio Shack might have something that will work for $15.
Unless of course, you happen to know a cheaper source! I know Parts
Express has one for $10, but with shipping and all it could cost more.
Shawn
This seems to be a life long conflict for me.
Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
* Shawn Lin [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 11 Jul 2001
| Anyone know where to get an inexpensive AC adapter for a Sharp MD-MS702?
4.5V Sony wall wart.
If you can't find one for a reasonable price, a multi voltage adapter rated at
500 mAh and assorted plugs. But
J. Coon wrote:
Is there a program that can makee a blank audio grade CDR from a
computer grade CDR?
Jim, I'm not sure what you are asking? music CDRs and data CDRs are
just a gimmick to charge more for the music CDRs.
Again, am I misunderstanding your question?
Lawrence
Is the e mail list down or is it just slow because of the holiday week?
Lawrence
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Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor wrote:
Hi,
Here's the English press release
http://www.sony.co.jp/en/SonyInfo/News/Press/200106/01-037E/
Rick
Hi all.
Sony seems to feel secure that even without a strong foot hold in the US, the MD
format is very
much alive and thriving world wide.
Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor wrote:
Hi Folks,
Sony has announced Net MD which will allow you to encode ATRAC or
ATRAC3 files on PC and download them at high speed via USB to MD.
This sounds exciting. I wish that the article had included a little more information.
This shows Sony's
BTW Rick, what ever happened to Eric Whitney? I worked with him at MDN and really
liked him.
Larry
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Sorry, this was only supposed to be sent to Rick, but if anyone else knows that would
be great too.
BTW Rick, what ever happened to Eric Whitney? I worked with him at MDN and really
liked him.
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Yes, it makes me wonder how much work will be involved to get an MP3
track downloaded via NetMD. In theory, you should be able to convert a
.wav file to secure ATRAC, right? (Or will you have to have your own
real CD to make ATRAC files?). So,
Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor wrote:
-Can MP3's be recorded through this connection? (this would not seem to be a
Net MD-compliant electronic music distribution service source)
I think this is the biggest question for everyone. My guess is that it
will not be allowed, but perhaps it
Marc Britten wrote:
i don't think it applies to the current product line, read the english version, its
going to be new equipment w/ atrac and atrac3 along w/ this new encoding version
marc
Whoa!! I hope I'm outbid on eBay for a Sony R700DPC. It might be obsolete soon. I'm
confident
Is the mailing list down? I haven't received any e mail in some time.
I'm considering purchasing a Sony R700DPC if I can find one for $200 or less.
The 900 is just out of my budget.
What I'm concerned about is what to do with my Sharp MD-C2? If I purchase the
700, I'm fairly sure that all of
James Jarvie wrote:
In the on-going debate about is an Aiwa a Sony, and is
a Ford a Lincoln, etc. Larry states that no Ford ever
had back-to-back doors (i.e. the door handles are next
to each other). I beg to differ. The suicide doors
were featured on 4-door Thunderbirds in 1967 and
I saw a picture of the Sony R700DPC. It is packaged like one of their portable
CD players that they'd expect to have quick sales on. For me that's a good sign
that Sony hasn't discontinued the idea of selling MD in the US yet.
I still think that the price is too high for the masses to
Wesleyan Hsu wrote:
I visited my local Target store (Sterling, VA) this past Monday and they had
the MZ-R700DPC clearly posted at $249.9x and the MZ-R500PC at $179.9x. It
looks like word is getting around about the mismarked price.
Although $199 is a very good price, I've seen them on line
Luis Dodero wrote:
Hi all, don't know if this has been seen before, but it seems like a pretty
good deal, soundcard with coax SPDIF, optical SPDIF and even an MD optical
cable for $40! The review's here:
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/reviews/zoltrix_nightingale/
Wow!! This sounds
It just occurred to me, when people started talking about Target having MD
recorders, I wonder what would happen if Wal Mart suddenly started having a big
display for MD. Even if they were only carrying say Sony portables.
If they had blanks and the units at a reasonable price, would it make a
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.
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
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
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
Before this post I did a little research to see if I could find a Sony MP3
player similar to a Rio. From my research, I have found that Sony doesn't
seem to make an actual MP3 player.
They make a music clip that requires you to convert MP3 files to ATRAC3. I
actually went back to the
Marc Britten wrote:
IEEE 1394 was designed from the ground up to be a cheap, fast bus for high
speed data transfer, primarilly disk I/O, with the intention for multimedia
applications like digital audio and video recorders.
USB and firewire were established around the same time. It
The follow is a quote from a review of the Sony Clip:
The player holds 60 MB of music at a time, which translates to about 60
minutes at 128 kbps of MP3 music or 80 minutes of
ATRAC3 music at 105 kbps
Assuming that the difference between 128 and 105 does not produce a
detectable difference in
Shawn Lin wrote:
However, what I feel is much more archaic than cassette is VHS. I
absolutely can't stand VHS' size, bulk, and inconvenience. Not to
mention the physical complexity which leads to reliability problems (I
think most people have experienced a VCR chewing up a tape at least
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