MiniDisc Community Pages News for 19 September 2001
o James Koutsis reports that Sony's MZ-R900 stars in a McDonald's New
Tastes Menu ad on Australian TV, featuring a nice close-up that
occupies most of the screen.
o Sunil Panchal notes that Sony MDS-JE440 decks are going for 110 in
shops like Richer Sounds and Sony Centre (UK) due to their imminent
replacment by the MDS-JE470 (the latter's Group Function and PC-Link
connectability (via [1]PCLNK-MN10 ) being the only functional
differences with its predecessor).
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/part_PC_Link_Kits.html#pclkmn10
o Scott Hamilton finds good prices and stock levels for MD blanks and
accessories at [2]First4Media, located just off Oxford Street in
London. They even carry MD-Data blanks.
[2] http://www.first4media.com/
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 21 September 2001
o Sony finally smells the coffee: Jan Yskout points out Sony's
[1]NW-E7 (64MB) and [2]NW-E10 (128MB) ([3]trans ) Network Walkmen
(solid state audio players) with native support for MP3 as well as
ATRAC3 audio formats. Wondering what to do with your older, ATRAC3
only Memory Stick Walkman? Fabian LaMaestra recommends [4]asking
Sony for a firmware upgrade on their customer feedback page.
[1] http://www.walkman.sony.co.jp/prod/network/e7.html
[2] http://www.walkman.sony.co.jp/prod/network/e10.html
[3] http://www.minidisc.org/translations/sony_nwe10.htm
[4] http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/consumer/ss5/feedback.shtml
o Minidisc T-station [5]covers Sony's DMT-PR1 ([6]Japanese ), an
all-in-one
audio-video-CD-DVD-MD-TV-FM-Windows2000-800MhzCeleron-Flatpanel,
web-surfing, broadband-capable, next-generation home family
entertainment console extravaganza. Only NetMD seems to have been
left out.
[5] http://www.minidisct.com/products/sony_dmtpr1.html
[6] http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/products/bitplay/
o Jesus Perez points out [7]NetMD commentary at IGN for Men.
[7] http://formen.ign.com/news/38474.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 22 September 2001
o Duane Freemantle finds a South China Morning Post (HK) article
[1]favoring Minidisc portables over the latest solid-state players.
[1] http://technology.scmp.com/columns/gmagic/ZZZ9SGDVJRC.html
o Eric Kollig spots Sony's MZ-R500 in [2]yellow, [3]black, and [4]red.
[2]
http://www.sonystyle.com/electronics/prd.jsp?hierc=8627x8647&catid=8647&pid=12892&type=p
[3]
http://www.sonystyle.com/electronics/prd.jsp?hierc=8627x8647&catid=8647&pid=12441&type=p
[4]
http://www.sonystyle.com/electronics/prd.jsp?hierc=8627x8647&catid=8647&pid=12891&type=p
o [5]Minidisc T-station is temporarily down due to technical problems.
[5] http://www.minidisct.com
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