MiniDisc Community Pages News for 17 December 2000
o [1]Planet MiniDisc finds a great Sony promotion offering a [2]free
MZ-E60 portable MD player for people purchasing an MDX-C800 in-dash
car MD recorder.
[1] http://www.planetminidisc.com
[2] http://store.yahoo.com/lib/planetminidisc/SonyCarPromo.jpg
o M. Hoyt spots the USD $49 [3]Chaintech MD Mate sound card which
includes an optical input/output module.
[3]
http://www.chaintech-excel.com/Level%203/L%203%20Product%20Specs/Audio/MD%20Mate.htm
o [4]Covers4MD.com, an English/French website run by David Auroux,
maintains a growing collection of Microsoft Publisher MD covers for
music albums.
[4] http://www.covers4md.com
o [5]MD Tech, a website managed by Glen Wintringham, has a few
detailed MD-related essays that cover both microhphone and ATRAC
issues.
[5] http://www.geocities.com/ferocious_1999/md/index.htm
o Shiv Naimpally finds a valuable [6]Amazon.com coupon code that will
deduct $50 from an order of $200 in their Electronics department
(coupon code: AMZN-ELECTRNC)... you can use this to get a great deal
on a portable MD unit; coupon expires Dec 31st.
[6] http://www.amazon.com
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 19 December 2000
o Bryce Lee finds an etown article on Aiwa's new product line up that
mentions [1]Aiwa's loss of faith in MiniDiscs. Quoting the article:
"Aiwa sees MiniDisc as a sinking ship, and it's bailing on MD
entirely."
[1] http://www.etown.com/news/article.jhtml?articleID=3818
o An [2]interesting patent description is found by Howard Chu on
delphion.com, apparently outlining an MD-Data drive with a SCSI
interface.
[2] http://www.delphion.com/details?&pn=US05528570__&s_detd=1#detd
o Ecoustics.com has a great MD unit database allowing [3]direct
comparisons between different MD units.
[3] http://ecoustics.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php?page_id=89
o An interesting [4]article on Twice.com (spotted by Hardeep) tells
how portable MP3 and MD players have outsold CD-R related sales.
[4] http://www.twice.com/html/pagebeta.cfm?InputKey=2768
o Merlin Williams spots a [5]press release on the Canadian Copyright
Board's website outlining a new levy being imposed on various
recording media, including MiniDisc. Another website further
explains the [6]effects of the levy.
[5] http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/news/c20012002nr-e.html
[6] http://neil.eton.ca/copylevy.shtml
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 21 December 2000
o Amazon.com sells IBM-PC compatible MiniDiscs! Well, not really.
Don't get your hopes up, but that's what the (erroneous) description
says for a [1]20-pack of Memorex MiniDiscs Moshe Braner spotted
Amazon selling.
[1]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003ETSJ/o/qid=977452549/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_ce_1_3/002-4142655-3714411
o Michael Connor creates a [2]Sharp MD-MT15 TOC cloning page,
outlining how to get 78-80 minutes on a 74 minute MD.
[2] http://www.geocities.com/minidisc_junge
o You can [3]order any Sony electronics accessories (such as remotes,
manuals, etc.) direct from Sony through a page found by Irwin.
[3] http://servicesales.sel.sony.com/service/homepage.htm
o After a brief vacation, [4]Blankshop (based in the UK) is back and
open for business.
[4] http://www.blankshop.co.uk/
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 24 December 2000
o Paul Mercier finds the [1]Axiontech Aureal Vortex2, a low-priced PC
sound card with both optical inputs and outputs.
[1] http://www.axiontech.com/cgi-local/prdtinfo.asp?prdt=SOAUVORTEX2
o Brian Teh notes an official website where [2]Sharp MD accessories
may be ordered, however it is only for Canadian orders.
[2] http://www.sharp.ca/ecom/default.asp
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