MiniDisc Community Pages News for 24 June 2001
o Guy Lambert points us toward [1]a slew of official Sony user
manuals, including those for the [2]MZ-R900 and [3]DCM-M1 (Minidisc
camcorder). Did you know the DCM-M1 will record 4h20m of ATRAC
stereo audio to an MD-Data2 MD? See section entitled Recording audio
including photo.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/part_Manuals.html#sony
[2] http://www.minidisc.org/manuals/sony/sony_mzr900_manual.pdf
[3] http://www.minidisc.org/manuals/sony/sony_dcmm1_manual.pdf
o Jason Ward is an [4]Air Force crewman who loves Minidisc.
[4] http://www.minidisc.org/trick_tips.html#airforce
o Gary Bingner finds the [5]Sony MXD-D5C for $350 at Crutchfield
(IGN's [6]review ).
[5]
http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-3q1eTJWDEu3/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=4&g=10740&I=156MXDD5&o=&a=
[6] http://formen.ign.com/news/35966.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 25 June 2001
o Peter Ravn scouts the handsome [1]Aiwa CSD-NS5MD CD/MD bookshelf
system; an MDLP unit equipped with 2X CD->MD dubbing, track group
function, 2X high speed playback, and world-band FM tuner. (A
footnote on the page hints at one incompatability of the group
function: An MD recorded with the MD group function may not play
back if the tracks have been edited with audio equipment not
compatible with the MD group function. ) If you must have it:
[2]Planet Minidisc and [3]Melting Pot are both reputable and offer
custom purchase and shipment of anything available in Japan.
[1] http://www.aiwa.co.jp/english/exhibi/new_p2001/csd-ns1_ns5md_e.html
[2] http://www.planetminidisc.com
[3] http://www.melting-pot.com
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 26 June 2001
o Geoff Grant points out [1]Onkyo's SE-U55 USB Digital Audio Processor
and finds it available from [2]JR for $200. The PC/Mac compatible
unit sports line and optical I/O as well as microphone and headphone
jacks.
[1] http://mmc.onkyo.co.jp/news/usbnews5_e.htm
[2]
http://www.jandr.com/JRProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=248&Product_Id=1744072&Sort=Current_Price
o Paul Perry notes some good deals on [3]used Minidisc equipment at
Half.com.
[3] http://www.half.com/search/search.jsp?product=all&keyword=minidisc
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 27 June 2001
o Finally! Sony [1]extends the MD format to allow high speed ATRAC
downloading to Minidisc ([2]Japanese ). Entitled Net MD, the
extension allows secure ATRAC and ATRAC3 files to be purchased or
encoded on PC and downloaded to MD via USB. The USB interface also
enables PC based editing, titling, and control functions. (Specific
Net MD products have yet to be announced)
[1] http://www.sony.co.jp/en/SonyInfo/News/Press/200106/01-037E/
[2] http://www.sony.co.jp/SonyInfo/News/Press/200106/01-037/
o Arto Kuusiaho points out in-dash MD gear from Blaupunkt: the
[3]revamped Dallas and the [4]New Orleans.
[3] http://www.blaupunkt.de/asp/index.asp?Sprache=english&topic=dallas
[4] http://www.blaupunkt.de/asp/index.asp?Sprache=english&topic=NewOrleans
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 30 June 2001
o Does that mean we're geeks? Ken Tidwell finds an [1]IDG article
stating that 9% of geeks own Minidisc players.
[1] http://www.cnn.com/2001/CAREER/trends/06/27/geeks.pass.time.idg/index.html
o Planet Minidisc now stocks the [2]US model MZ-G750DPC, Sony's
portable MD recorder incorporating an AM/FM tuner (tuner is for
playback only).
[2] http://www.planetminidisc.com/mz-g750dpc.html
o Noud de Beijer points out [3]Dixons Netherlands, an [4]MD-etailer,
and finds that [5]Sharp's MD-MT80 is their overall 3rd top-seller
(after Age of Empires but before Logitech's cordless optical mouse).
[3] http://www.dixons.nl
[4]
http://www.dixons.nl/Store/productList/productList.asp?cat=Audio&menucat=Audio%5FMinidisc&subcat=Audio%5FMinidisc&subsubcat=Audio%5FMinidisc&scindex=0&startrange=0
[5] http://www.dixons.nl/Store/productList/TopTen.asp
o In a category of its own: Rei notes that [6]Sony Style Canada has
placed a Minidisc link prominently in their navigation banner.
[6] http://www.sonystyle.ca
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 1 July 2001
o Sunny Lam reports [1]low Canadian MD portable prices at
Futureshop.ca.
[1]
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/subclass.asp?logon=&langid=EN&dept=9&WLBS=fs%2Dweb4&catid=10085
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