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] http://store1.europe.yahoo.com/qed-uk/20860s.html
[3] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 22 February 2000
o Peter Ravn notes a way even stalwart [1]cassette users can enjoy MP3
(!)
[1] http://www.supremevideo.com/audio/hit/comp.htm
o Rikard Ternerup and Superfi kindly supply further details for the
Sony [2]MZ-R70 and [3]MZ-E60 portables.
[2] http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-R70.html
[3] http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-E60.html
o [4]DiscountDiscs (UK) sells HiSpace and TDK blanks.
[4] http://www.discountdiscs.co.uk
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 24 February 2000
o Axel Stenberg and friends find Sharp's [1]Japanese page and [2]press
release for their MD-MT50 "single AA" portable recorder. Battery
life, alkaline: rec: 3h, play: 7h, NiMH: rec: 4.5h, play: 6.5h. Dim:
99.9 x 22.9 x 77.9mm, 191g w/batt, MSRP: JPY35,000.
[1] http://www.sharp.co.jp/sc/gaiyou/news/000222.html
[2] http://www.sharp.co.jp/sc/eihon/mdmt50/text/index.html
o A friend spots Aiwa's photo and Japanese announcement of their
MM-FX500, the [3]world's first portable MP3 encoder/player. With
32MB of memory, it records music (analog input) at 128kbps/44.1khz
or voice memo (builtin mono mic input) at 8kbps/16khz. Battery life
on AA x 1, rec: 5h, play: 10h. Dim: 65 x 90 x 18.5mm, 80g. MSRP: JPY
39,800
[3] http://www.aiwa.co.jp/exhibi/new_prod/2000/mm-fx500.htm
o Martin Clinton notes an interesting [4]ZDNet article on Lithium Ion
Polymer Batteries, the ``builtin'' rechargeable cell used in the
[5]Sony MZ-E95 player.
[4] http://www.zdnet.co.uk/itweek/brief/2000/07/client/
[5] http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-E95.html
o Peter Ravn finds the [6]Philips SBC RU880 IR remote with builtin
timer functions.
[6] http://www-us.sv.philips.com/news/press/pronto_ru880_final.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 25 February 2000
o Peter Ravn spots Sony Austria's [1]Aroma-round CD packaging, can
MiniDisc au Marmalade be far behind?
[1] http://www.sonydadc.com/pr_sniffle.asp
o Hoshing Kwong describes a [2]circuit board fix for the Sony MZ-R55
self recording-start problem.
[2] http://www.minidisc.org/mzr55_fix.html
o Peter Ravn has made a page for the [3]Philips SBC RU880 remote.
[3] http://ravn.net/md/philips-remote-SBC-RU880.htm
o [4]Asian Imports (Toronto, Canada) sells MD imports.
[4] http://asianimports.bizland.com/store/page1.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 26 February 2000
o [1]MiniDisc Access (California) sells MD accessories, blanks and
(some) equipment.
[1] http://www.minidiscaccess.com
o Ismaan Ameer finds Pre-recorded Minidiscs in Australia at
[2]Sanity.com (unfortunately you cannot search exclusively for MD
titles).
[2] http://www.sanity.com.au
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] http://www.techtoys4u.vstoreelectronics.com
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