MD: MiniDisc Weekly News for 15 October 2000

[MiniDisc Community Pages Weekly News]

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 covering [2]analog MP3 to MiniDisc 
   transfers. 

      [2] http://www.geocities.com/el_joe2001


MiniDisc Community Pages News for 9 October 2000

 o  Ary Marcoschamer spots a hot deal at J&R Music World, where they're 
   selling the [1]JVC XMP-55 portable MD player for USD$99.

      [1] 
http://www.jandr.com/JRProductPage.process?RestartFlow=t&Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=1&Product_Id=948467&showcase=t


 o [2]FelsWeb offers the Sony MZ-R900 and Sharp MD-MT66 portable MD 
   recorders for USD$358 and USD$338 respectively.

      [2] http://www.felsweb.com/MD/tronix.htm


 o Arne Striegler spots German MD vendor MiniManiax selling a [3]pack 
   of 80min MDs for 3,12 DM (USD$1.39) per disc until November 1st.

      [3] http://www.minimaniax.de/stuff/news.php3#08102000


 o Pareen Gandecha used his MD unit to record several bands live in 
   Manchester (UK), you can listen to his results at the [4]Love Garage 
   website.

      [4] http://www.lovegarage.co.uk/musicvid.htm


 o Robby describes his use of MiniDiscs to record [5]polar orbiting 
   weather satellites.

      [5] http://www.minidisc.org/weathersats.html


 o AV-Land (UK), having recently merged with MD-Land, has added new 
   specs and information for the [6]Sony MDS-PC3 computer-connectable 
   MD deck, [7]Panasonic SJ-MR200 portable MD recorder, and the [8]Sony 
   MDS-LSA1 PC Linkup IISSA MD recorder.

      [6] http://www.avland.co.uk/sony/mdspc3/
      [7] http://www.avland.co.uk/panasonic/sjmr200/index.htm
      [8] http://www.avland.co.uk/sony/mdslsa1/index.htm


 o Oleman adds pictures of the [9]red Sony MZ-R900 portable MD recorder 
   to his MD website, [10]MiniDisc Land. 

      [9] http://www.geocities.com/minidiscland/r900.html
      [10] http://www.geocities.com/minidiscland/


MiniDisc Community Pages News for 11 October 2000

 o  John Chiu finds a rock-bottom price of USD$335 for the Sony MZ-R900 
   at the [1]David Console Shop.

      [1] http://www.dcshk.com/md_main.htm


 o Tjie Tsang finds a truly unique MD recorder case that fits his Sharp 
   MD-MT831 perfectly... a rugged belt-worn [2]case for handcuffs 
   (bought at Central Sports in Toronto, CA)!

      [2] http://www.raineinc.com/html/law_enforcement_product_pages_5.html


 o Dion Longworth runs a page dedicated to the [3]latest JVC 
   electronics, including MD equipment.

      [3] http://jvcdion.jobarecords.net/jvc.html


 o Gerrit Dijkstra contributes a "[4]favicon " for our use, it should 
   appear next to your bookmark for this site if you're using Internet 
   Explorer 4.0 or higher.

      [4] http://www.minidisc.org/favicon.ico


 o Aiwa releases a CD player capable of playing an MP3-filled CD, as 
   described in this [5]Japanese electronics news page found by Trevor 
   Bommersbach. 

      [5] http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/news/2000/10/11/xpmp3.htm


MiniDisc Community Pages News for 12 October 2000

 o  Michael points out the new stylish [1]Kenwood DMC-M33 portable MD 
   player on a Japanese Kenwood press release page (63 hours playback 
   on AAx1 and NiMH, 15.7mm thick(!), 111g w/ batt).

      [1] http://www.kenwoodcorp.com/j/press/press20001012.html


 o Zapmedia releases a truly versatile piece of electronics: the 
   [2]ZapStation is a home audio/video unit capable of playing CDs and 
   DVDs as well as playing and recording MP3s and MPEG videos. Thanks 
   to Peter Ravn for finding this!

      [2] http://www.zapmedia.com/html/products/index.html


 o Minidisco has the best deal going for 80-min MD blanks at 
   [3]USD$2.09 per disc.

      [3] http://www.minidisco.com/miniordermds2.html


 o A Japanese Sony page is found by Blas Sotelo for the [4]MDX-G55MK2 
   in-dash car MD player (9MDLP-compatible, 70,000 yen).

      [4] http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/ProductsPark/Models/New/MDX-G55MK2_J_1/index.html


 o Blas also finds a Korean page [5]explaining what MDLP is. 

      [5] http://www.mdcorea.com/md/tech/mdlp/


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