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
AM-F5
[2] http://www.btinternet.com/~doug.h.rice/sed1200/awaiamf5.htm
o Angus Bell spots a Wired article in which Terence Chea grudgingly
accepts that [3]MiniDisc is the best recording format in today's
consumer digital audio marketplace.
[3] http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34854,00.html
o James Tolley notes a [4]Fast Company blurbette stating MD is good.
[4] http://www.fastcompany.com/online/33/mini.html
o Oscar Setiawan points out Creative's [5]Live Drive II optical I/O
bracket.
[5] http://www.americas.creative.com/accessories/audio
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 4 April 2000
o Ed Porras finds the $100 (almost) MD Recorder: "Group buying site
[1]MobShop offers the Sharp MD-MT15S Portable MiniDisc Player /
Recorder for $159.95 with free shipping. Promotion code
''TOPICATIP'' takes $50 off for a net price of $109.95, a reader
found. (Enter it at checkout.) The price may fall to $139.95 before
discount, or $89.95 after, before the buying cycle closes on
Thursday, April 6 at 12:45 pm ET."
[1] http://www.mobshop.com/cycles?cycle_id=221684&sourceid=DEALNEWS
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 5 April 2000
o John and Mike Sims announce [1]ZephIR, a $75 hardware and software
package for IR universal remote control from a Macintosh (includes
ADB port IR interface).
[1] http://www.thezephir.com/
o Mostafa Abdel-Hady and Ed Wong find a second MobShop buy-cycle for
the [2]$110 Sharp MD-MT15S, promotion code ''TOPICATIP'' still works
(see 4/4 news).
[2] http://www.mobshop.com/cycles?cycle_id=224323&sourceid=minidisc.org
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 6 April 2000
o Howard Gluckman finds the [1]Kenwood KMD-X92, their latest in-dash
MD receiver.
[1]
http://www.kenwoodusa.com/cat_detail.htm?p_Prod_ID=KMD%2DX92&p_ProductDivision=Mobile+Electronics&p_ProductCategory=Mini+Disc&p_HotButton=&p_SpeakerSize=&p_View=cat_detail.htm
o Shawn Lin's [2]April Fools MZ-R110/120PDA has been commented upon
far and wide and reported by [3]Nanhuatech (Chinese) and [4]PC Watch
(Japanese). Gosh, do you think a company making one of these would
find them popular?
[2] http://www.minidisc.org/mz-r110pda.htm
[3] http://www.nanhuatech.com/features/DAILY/20000405195471604.asp
[4] http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/article/20000405/mobile46.htm
o T-Station reports on three boomboxes: the [5]Sony ZS-M75
([6]Japanese press release) with 2X CD/Tape->MD dubbing and
world-band FM section [this machine incorporates HCMS {high speed
copy management system}, preventing the same material from being
high speed dubbed more than once within a 1X period], the [7]Aiwa
CSD-MD22 ([8]English and [9]Japanese press releases) with world-band
FM, and the [10]Kenwood MDX-F1 (Japanese [11]page ).
[5] http://www.t-station.net/products/sony_zsm75.html
[6] http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/CorporateCruise/Press/200003/00-0327/index.html
[7] http://www.t-station.net/products/aiwa_csd-md22.html
[8] http://www.aiwa.co.jp/english/exhibi/new_p2000/csd-md22e.html
[9] http://www.aiwa.co.jp/exhibi/new_prod/2000/csd-md22.htm
[10] http://www.t-station.net/products/kenwood_f1.html
[11] http://www.kenwood.co.jp/j/products/home_audio/rampage/mdx_f1.html
o David Pio finds a page describing how to [12]inexpensively modify a
Diamond MX300 sound card for TOSLink output.
[12] http://www.algonet.se/~cyrano/mx1.html
o Eric Feinstein recommends [13]adding non-skid feet to your portable.
[13] http://www.minidisc.org/trick_tips.html#nonskid
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 7 April 2000
o Gregory Chan has created an [1]MP3 to Minidisc on Macintosh
tutorial.
[1] http://MacOSPage.MadBee.com/archives/mp3toMD/mp3toMD.html
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] http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35287,00.html
[2] http://www.dataplay.com
o [3]Kheops MiniDisc in Florida offers Hi-Space blanks with a credit
card payment option.
[3] http://www.kheopsglassart.com/minidisc/
o Ed Wong notes [4]BSW, a radio station supply house selling pro MD
equipment (Denon, Sony, Tascam, Yamaha).
[4] http://www.bswusa.com
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