Re: MD: Stop press: The Cassette is back!

2000-02-23 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Peter, Peter Ravn writes: Check out http://www.supremevideo.com/audio/hit/comp.htm ;-) Excellent find! I've put it in the news and am forwarding it to the MD mailing list. Why does this thing crack me up? Rick Hmm What's next? The same

MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Simon Mackay
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Hi everyone! When I first heard about the MD Data format being released by Sony, I thought that it would be a successful "B Drive". But Iomega went in around the time that

RE: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-23 Thread Simon Gardner
tube amp. Now if you have a DVD-audio and a nice tube amp you should get some of this warmth back, but i personally dont think these new formats will give us much more than a lot longer listening time, and hopefully another channel or two :) Matt I doubt that the extra time will be used

RE: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Simon Barnes
Simon Mackay wrote about MD2-Data: What Sony needs to do is promote the new MD-Data2 650Mb disc as a "B drive" is to market it as a "Zip killer". I'm a little concerned that we should be discussing "killing" Iomega to help promote MD. I have no shares in Sony or Iomega, so my

Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Simon Mackay wrote: Hi, [...] An interesting appliance concept for this medium would be a digital image view-download unit for use in the field. These devices, in a similar vein to Iomega's Clik digital-image-download device which fills 40Mb disks, would

RE: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Simon Barnes wrote: Hi! Simon Mackay wrote about MD2-Data: What Sony needs to do is promote the new MD-Data2 650Mb disc as a "B drive" is to market it as a "Zip killer". Well, I guess it's pretty easy to make a zip/jaz/clik killer

Re: MD: UNKNOWN CABLE IN SONY COMMERCIAL

2000-02-23 Thread Ian Scott
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Robert Vargas wrote: Does anyone know what the white cable in the Sony Minidisc commercial that is connected to the MZ-R55 is? The commercial usually runs on MTV. I've only seen this commercial once, but the cable looks like a RJ45 connector, commonly used

RE: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Simon Barnes
Francisco Jose Montilla wrote: Well, I guess it's pretty easy to make a zip/jaz/clik killer in terms of media price and reliability by simply using MD. It will not only be far superior to any Iomega device, but even MO devices (here having equal reliability),

MD: Remote control

2000-02-23 Thread Joost de Meij
This paragraph was referring to the Sony MZ-R37 - not a Sharp. Sorry, i misred that! But it might be interesting to have a sony remote control a sharp walkman, because the MT15 does not come with a remote. __ Get Your Private, Free Email

Re: MD: Digital Copy Question...?

2000-02-23 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* "Link :-7" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 22 Feb 2000 | When I copy that MD to MD digitally (yeah, I have a Prospec stripper) do I | lose any sound quality? I mean digital is digital, so do I undergo another | ATRAC compression and lose the slightest bit of sound quality? Yes. When your MD

Re: MD: Help with Denon DMP-R70 - need manual, battery

2000-02-23 Thread P. Grover Cleveland
Greetings - I just purchased a used Denon DMP-R70 in reasonably good shape. I need a manual (photocopy or original) and a source for a replacement battery. Any suggestions? Grover Penn Valley CA - To stop getting this list send

Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Richard Ian Träcy
How much space is on an data MD? Don't zips hold 100 or 200 MB? Yours, Dicky -- He who laughs last thinks slowest. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. -- http://classifieds.excite.com/cgi-cls/ad.exe?P1+C187+R1275664 http://homepages.tesco.net/~xwizard/richard/

RE: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Ian Scott
I don't know if you realize this, but this discussion is about the new MD-Data discs which can hold 650mb and which I assume to be quite fast. Does anybody have any specs on these? Ian On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Simon Barnes wrote: Bear in mind: (a) MD-data blanks still cost around 4x audio

Re: MD: UNKNOWN CABLE IN SONY COMMERCIAL

2000-02-23 Thread PrinceGaz
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Robert Vargas wrote: Does anyone know what the white cable in the Sony Minidisc commercial that is connected to the MZ-R55 is? The commercial usually runs on MTV. I've only seen this commercial once, but the cable looks like a RJ45 connector, commonly

Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Ian Scott
Original data MDs hold 160mb. The new MD-Data2 discs hold 650mb and are currently being used in Sony's new "discam" camera. Old zips had a 100mb capacity, and there is a newer 250mb version out as well. Ian On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Richard Ian [iso-8859-1]

MD: crossfade between tracks (was: My Diamond Rio Experience)

2000-02-23 Thread Timothy P. Stockman
could shock memory be replaced with the ability to eliminate silence and have a good transition between songs? Like those CD changers that take 5 to 10 seconds to change disks, can you set them to record some in memory so by the time the disk has to change, you could have gapless playing? Sony

Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Tony Kwong
on 00.2.23 2:13 PM, Francisco Jose Montilla at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't forget a FireWire port! :) To be able to transfer from your DV or D8 camera directly to that device; standalone FireWire cards costs about $300, I'm sure that having the porte integrated on a mass production unit

MD: earphones sound quality during recording

2000-02-23 Thread Mikolaj Wilczynski
Hi Folks, what is sound quality during digital recording on MZ-R90/55? Is it ATRACed sound or raw CD? Cheers Miko - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MD: MD Bundle 6 recorder problem

2000-02-23 Thread Simon, Richard
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Esteemed list, I am sending this message for a

Re: MD: Remote control

2000-02-23 Thread Edmund Wong
Sorry, i misred that! But it might be interesting to have a sony remote control a sharp walkman, because the MT15 does not come with a remote. A standard Sharp remote works well. I think it would still transmit display bits, but I'm not sure...

Re: MD: earphones sound quality during recording

2000-02-23 Thread Ian Scott
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Mikolaj Wilczynski wrote: Hi Folks, what is sound quality during digital recording on MZ-R90/55? Is it ATRACed sound or raw CD? AFAIK the monitoring sound is not ATRACed, as the ATRAC chips can not play and record simultaneously. Ian

Re: MD: MD Bundle 6 recorder problem

2000-02-23 Thread Edward Foster
Could possibly be the discs. Try using a different brand of blank and see if that makes any difference. Also, are you playing the discs back on the same deck that you recorded them on (mds-330 I think)? That also could make a difference. eD

Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Magic
From: Simon Mackay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MiniDisc Mailing List (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 5:51 AM Subject: MD: MD-Data2 as a "Zip killer" Hi everyone! When I first heard about the MD Data format being released by Sony, I thought that it would be a

RE: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Simon Barnes wrote: Hi, Well, I guess it's pretty easy to make a zip/jaz/clik killer in terms of media price and reliability by simply using MD. It will not only be far superior to any Iomega device, but even MO devices (here

Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread LAS
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === (b) MD-data was (is?) slow, MD-audio can probably manage ~ 2MBit/s, to compete you need at LEAST 8MBit/s. Are you sure that the MD data used on that camera runs

Re: MD: Minidisc in theatre (skipping problem)

2000-02-23 Thread Phil Genera
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Yeah Crew! I'm the Sound Crew chief for my

MD: Arita Blanks are Memorex or Visa Versa

2000-02-23 Thread Link :-7
Hi List, For all of you Aussies who are wondering about the Arita discs you bought, I'm pretty sure they are the equivalent to Memorex discs here in the US. Someone sent me an Arita disc from Norway (yeah, believe it or not) and it is identical to the Memorex Color Series which has been

Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread mutt2004
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I would buy it in an instance, if there is a

MD: I Love MD- but- New car dilemma

2000-02-23 Thread Ron A
I've enjoyed MD for over 2 years now -This is a perfect format for so many uses. My dilemma is I want a new car and I want to have MD, preferably transfer my 2 Sony MD changers (8 MDs) to the new car, but I don't relish the idea of removing an expensive integrated audio system from the dash of

RE: MD: Arita Blanks are Memorex or Visa Versa

2000-02-23 Thread Lynch, Jason JD
I'll have a closer look at the discs when i get home tonight to clarify this, but from what i can remember: - Each disc came in it's own slip case. - There was no "5 disc case" - The discs are yellow with Arita labels all over them - Yes the plasic wrapper over each disc case stuck to the case

Re: MD: I Love MD- but- New car dilemma

2000-02-23 Thread LAS
Hi. There's always Sam's Club and their now $99.99 Aiwa receiver. It comes with an Aux jack on the front panel. Surprising (especially since the unit also comes with 2 crappy speakers) it is a decent unit. My son had paid several hundred dollars for a JVC receiver and then bought 2 decent

MD: ATRAC Compression

2000-02-23 Thread Matt Wall
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Howdy all, a little while back, a week or so anyway someone wrote in asking = about generational loss of atrac encoding. I'm sorry i dont remember = the name of the book