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
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 10 April 2000
o Ted Rees finds an IDG story on [1]Sony's online music retailing
venture. Sony will be offering audio in both ATRAC3 and Windows
Media format.
[1] http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/07/sonet.music.idg/index.html
o Nick Hogan spots [2]Supreme Video, selling Sony and Sharp MD gear at
competitive prices.
[2] http://www.supremevideo.com/audio/audiomain.htm
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 11 April 2000
o Adam Frydland sells a 20 kit allowing use of a [1]CD-ROM drive for
digital recording to MD. Shawn Lin outlined a few [2]issues to bear
in mind with this approach in 1998.
[1] http://www.pc2md.tsx.org
[2] http://members.tripod.com/~Psych/md-cdrom.html
o Mike Chan spots good prices for Sony MD gear at [3]Electronics
eMall.
[3] http://store.yahoo.com/electronicsemall2k/sony2.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 12 April 2000
o Axel Stenberg finds photos, [1]Japanese page, and [2]press release
for the Sharp MD-ST50 player: JPY26,000, 75.3x16.3x80.4mm, 111g
(w/batt), playing time of 21h (NiMH), 31h (AA), 56h (both),
w/charging stand and in plenty of colors.
[1] http://www.sharp.co.jp/sc/eihon/mdst50/text/index.html
[2] http://www.sharp.co.jp/sc/gaiyou/news/000412.html
o Alvin reports that the $120 Sharp MD-MT15 recorder is still
available at [3]MobShop using promo code "SIXPROMO" at checkout to
take $50 off the $170 price. The [4]MD-MT15 is normally drycell
powered but can be [5]tricked into working with rechargeables.
[3] http://www.mobshop.com/cycles?cycle_id=230528
[4] http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sharp_MD-MT15+20.html
[5] http://www.wpi.edu/~pwd/minidisc/battery.html#MT15
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 13 April 2000
o PASS gives brief coverage of the [1]Denon DN-F20R, a Flash Memory
based portable recorder. Intended for professional use, it includes
an uncompressed recording mode.
[1] http://www.pass.uk.com/New_Products.htm
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 14 April 2000
o MP3/CD-R handling in brand name products: Nicolas Stizza finds
[1]Japanese and (brief) [2]English information for Kenwood's 919
series car audio components. The Z919 (CD receiver) and D919 (CD
deck) play MP3 CD-R/RW discs as well as normal CDs. Also included
are three new MD receivers, the MJ919 (3+1MD changer), MZ919 (CD/MD)
and M919 (single MD). All units are single DIN and Japanese FM band
only. Nicolas also finds the [3]Goodman GDMP330 Portable MP3/CD
Player, available in Europe in July for 150 Euros.
[1] http://www.kenwoodcorp.com/j/press/press20000214.html
[2] http://www.maxtarget.com/hardware/cdrom/mp3_kenwood.shtml
[3] http://www.cdmediaworld.com
o Wolfgang Reichling points out the [4]Open S-link Project dedicated
to making ``computer s-link controlled automation a wide and openly
available option for everybody''.
[4] http://www.insflug.org/slink/
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] http://www.video-direct.com/news/2-23-00.html
o Russel Philip spies an MZ-R50 in a [3]videotaped police interview
covering the Washington DC protests.
[3] http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/04/16/dc.protests.02/index.html
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