MiniDisc Community Pages News for 7 October 2001
o Ecoustics has a fairly complete [1]automated price watch table for
MD gear.
[1]
http://ecoustics.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php?page_id=89&ut=97cc4dc269ea12c9
o The $100 recorder: [2]PC Mall and [3]eCost have the [4]Sharp
MD-MT90 for $100+~$10 shipping.
[2] http://www.cc-inc.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?DPNo=960757
[3] http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?DPNo=960757
[4] http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sharp_MD-MT80+90.html
o James Andariese finds the [5]Sharp MD-MT90 manual (1.2MB pdf) at
[6]Sharp USA's website.
[5] http://www.minidisc.org/manuals/sharp_mdmt90.pdf
[6] http://www.sharp-usa.com/
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 9 October 2001
o NetMD SpyFlash [1]NetMD equipment photos from Japanese trade shows
appear.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/netmd_japan_2001.html
o Peter Nunn reports that Brian Youn's Sony MZ-R900 [2]SCMS defeat
trick works on the MZ-R700 too.
[2] http://www.minidisc.org/brian_youn/R900_SCMS.html#paul
o Simon finds AV-Watch (Japan) coverage of [3]Kenwood's MDX-J3 and -J5
MD boomboxes, the latter capable of playing CD's of MP3 and WMA
tracks.
[3] http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20011004/kenwood.htm
o Jason Elvina points out a [4]positive Sony MZ-R900 review at CNET,
marred only by a misstatement that MDLP is achieved through spinning
the disc slower (akin to saying that.zip files work by spinning a
hard drive slower).
[4] http://www.cnet.com/electronics/0-6342419-1304-6898079.html
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 10 October 2001
o Second try for wireless remotes: Terry Park points out a photo and
Japanese info for the [1]Sony MZ-E606 portable MD player, with a
small, pocketable, wireless remote. Quite a far cry from the
[2]wristwatch remote of the old [3]MZ-E7W.
[1] http://www.walkman.sony.co.jp/prod/md_pl/e606.html
[2] http://www.minidisc.org/mz_e7w_photos.html
[3] http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-E7W.html
o James Nakashima finds a cute [4]Sony Walkman advert airing on MTV.
"Umm, the doctor will see you now!"
[4] http://www.mtv.com/asm/sony/
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 11 October 2001
o The human touch: Edward Lee renders a [1]fluent translation of the
Sony MZ-N1 NetMD portable announcement.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/translations/sony_mzn1
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 12 October 2001
o Please let it be an I /O device: Davin Patton finds Sony's US model
[1]VAIO with built-in NetMD ``Minidisc drive''.
[1] http://www.sonystyle.com/vaio/mx/index.shtml
o Minidisc T-Station posts AV-Watch (Japan) coverage of [2]Audio Expo
2001 ([3]trans ) showing the clearest photo yet of the [4]Sharp
NetMD portable. The unit incorporates a Sony supplied NetMD IC.
[2] http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20011005/auex2.htm
[3] http://www.minidisct.com/translations/2001_audioexpo.html
[4] http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20011005/auex3_25.jpg
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 13 October 2001
o Steve Bommarito likes [1]recording automobile races onto Minidisc.
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/trick_tips.html#autoraces
o Oliver Farrens finds that his [2]Sony D-EJ721 portable CD player
(Malaysian made, serial#5005077) does not output CD SCMS codes
properly [[3]SCMS 10 bit is cleared ], causing SCMS copy prohibited
CDs to produce SCMS-unrestricted MDs when copied.
[2]
http://www.thecameraclub.com/cgi-local/shop/web_store.cgi?details=yes&exact_match=on&pro_id=SNDEJ721
[3] http://www.minidisc.org/minidisc_faq.html#SCMS
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 14 October 2001
o Prateek Sharma points out further [1]Sony MD advertising on [2]MTV's
band tour dates page (suggesting, perhaps, the plural benefits of
taking an MD recorder along for the ride?).
[1] http://www.minidisc.org/images/sony_mtv_ad.jpg
[2] http://www.mtv.com/bands/tourdates/
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