MiniDisc Community Pages News for 25 September 2001
o Robert Trail points out an IDG article on [1]Sony VAIO machines with
NetMD drives (looking like [2]this most likely) being shown at World
PC Expo Tokyo.
[1] http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/09/21/sony.pc.idg/index.html
[2] http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/article/20010912/sony02.jpg
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 26 September 2001
o Chadez and Bausch note a Reuters article (carried by [1]Yahoo and
[2]CNET ) reporting that Universal will introduce PC-ripping
prohibited CDs in October. Such CDs are not expected to interfere
with digital, S/PDIF-based CD->MD copy operations.
[1] http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010925/en/music-piracy_1.html
[2] http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7299321.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 27 September 2001
o Walmart, OK! By Bruce Yarbor's lights Minidisc has finally made it:
Sony blanks are available in Oklahoma City's Walmart for about $2.
(And Walmart [1]sells Sony's MZ-R700 online).
[1]
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?cat=3983&product_id=1242633&path=0:3944:3983:47624&dept=3944
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 28 September 2001
o Bernhard Mayer has a [1]home-brew PC titling solution for Sony
portables (there's an [2]English version as well).
[1] http://home.t-online.de/home/alois-mayer/minidisc.htm
[2] http://home.t-online.de/home/alois-mayer/musik/minidisc/englisch/englisch.htm
o Minidisc T-station offers a [3]write-a-review contest, for those
keen to comment on their equipment.
[3] http://www.minidisct.com/contest/review.html
o Mark Bausch points out a [4]legal suit that has been filed because
of a Charley Pride album that is PC copy-prohibited.
[4] http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010919/tc/cd_suit_1.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 30 September 2001
o AV-Land (UK) points out a [1]photo and [2]Japanese press release for
Panasonic's SV-SR100 ([3]English summary ), a portable CD-player
capable of also playing AAC, MP3 and WMA audio from Panasonic's SD
("secure digital") memory cards. The SDMI complaint device allows
recording from CD, microphone and line input sources to memory in
AAC format. No word on whether subsequent USB upload to PC is
possible.
[1]
http://www.matsushita.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn010928-1/jn010928-1-1.jpg
[2]
http://www.matsushita.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn010928-1/jn010928-1.html
[3] http://www.avland.co.uk/panasonic/svsr100/index.htm
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Q: Isn't it true, Mr. President, that you purchase all your MiniDisc
gear from Minidisco.com?
A: No comment.
http://www.minidisco.com/
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