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Thanks guys. iRock ordered online tonight. I'll let you know how it works. MXP only has one output jack, used for both headphones and line out, so I'll try that jack with both settings and fiddle a bit. Thanks!
johnqlaw
Packers, are you saying that if I use the "line" output option instead of the "headphone" output option, that I can't control the volume via the player itself? Is volume control via the MXP only available through the "headphone" option?
johnqlaw
Tinroad/Sentinel/Packers, or anybody who can answer:
I plan on purchasing the iRock Wireless Music Adapter:
http://www.myirock.com/players/irock300w.htm
To use with my MXP-100 player. I will use the audio out jack on the player and plug it into the iRock, which then will transmit the output to my FM receiver.
My question is as follows:
Do I need to change the Output Setting on my MXP-100 player from the "Headphone" setting to the "System" setting?
johnqlaw
EDIG/IBM on TrustDigitals website (MXP-100):
http://www.trustdigital.com/prod10.htm
go to this url, and wait for animation in center of page to see edig's MXP player featured with the MicroDrive.
johnqlaw
IBM's Microdrive hits the Road:
http://www-916.ibm.com/press/prnews.nsf/jan/A6D96EBE36CFFDD285256B8100541AEA
johnqlaw
Sentinel and others:
Forgive my ignorance for this question, but is it possible for a person to "download" content key technology? Via a firmware upgrade? This would explain how a person could buy a 1st Generation Dataplay player that would only play pre-recorded content, and if they wanted to "un-lock" the videos, extra albums, etc. Then they would have to download a firmware upgrade to make their player 2nd Generation. Does this make sense?
johnqlaw
Sentinel- It is absolutely a "squished" Orbit player reference design....meaning e.dig has a hand in it, or Volan desiged it too. But w/edig supposedly in almost all of the dp music players, it shall now be dubbed....Orbits' Mini Me
johnqlaw
OT: FONX NEWS and Interesting new TTS MP3 Player
First, here is the FONX news:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020311/lam063_1.html
And second, here is the TTS MP3 player:
http://www.bantamusa.com/pages/productBA350.php3
(once again, flash base, changeable faceplates, and edig did say that they will use "other" TTS/Voice software besides LU....)
I think the "Renegade" player is here:
http://www.emaycom.com/eng/products/source/mp-50.htm
This is on the newly updated Maycom site, and one of the features is "changeable faceplate". It is also a smaller capacity, flash-based player.
Thx Murgirl,
John Q Law
Anybody remember (last summer) when e.digital was looking to hire a developer/engineer who had experience with the MAC?
Evolution/MTV Multi-Codec player --- MAC COMPATIBLE:
http://www.nowevolution.com/products/EV-256MPN.html
Regards,
johnqlaw
Hey Tinroad! Thanks for the bit on SNDK, still waiting and watching very carefully. Earnings were a bit of a surprise, but then again, who knows in this market. By the way, remember the "rumors" that edig was selling/offering the mxp-100 to IBM employees via an internal promotion. This DID take place after all, during the X-Mass season. I have no idea how many units, etc were ordered, but at least it was the TRUTH. I can email you more specifics if you are interested. Take care.
JQL
This is HUGE People !!!!
Major Film Studios to Offer Movie Downloads
Video-On-Demand to Finally Arrive for Internet Users
Sony has convinced four other major film studios to join it in offering video-on-demand to Internet users, promising to bring legitimately downloaded movies into the homes of consumers with broadband connections for the first time in history.
Sony, Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount and Universal are all signed up for a single new service, which is the first move of the major studios to allow access to their vast archives of motion picture content, offering newer releases and older movies as well. Although the system will work as one, the studios each will have their own release schedules and price structure.
In order to protect the studios' skyrocketing DVD business, the group announced the movies would be released only after the DVD and VHS releases have been in video stores for 45 to 50 days. The studio group also announced that the new service, code-named ''MovieFly,'' would be available later this year or early next year. In order to compete with pay-per-view services already in place, the studios are expected to charge roughly $4 per movie for the download service.
Even though other major studios like Twentieth-Century Fox, Disney and DreamWorks SKG are not among the partners setting up the massive new service, they will also be allowed to use the service to make their content available to consumers, a spokesman for the studio group said.
With an eye on the growing broadband market, studio heads expressed a desire to prevent piracy by offering a legitimate and convenient way for movie fans to download films. While many industry observers note that films are already being bootlegged on the Internet, many on the same day as their theatrical release, the major studios are trying to avoid another Napster-like situation where even if consumers wanted to pay for content, there would be no outlet for them to do so. ''I think the majority of consumers believe that copyright has value and that if they have a pay vehicle to watch movies on the Internet, they will pay for it,'' said Yair Landau, president of Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment. ''We want to give honest people an honest alternative.''
The new venture is characterized by the studios as a first step toward ''true video-on-demand,'' where users can watch any movie they want, whenever they want. With this first iteration of the service, the films will be available for download only onto personal computers, or televisions linked to an Internet connection, but eventually video-on-demand service is expected to include cable television and other delivery systems.
Toward that goal, Sony announced its plan to develop set-top boxes that will be used to download films just for TVs, without needing to use a separate computer. For now, the plan calls for movie rental that will allow the film to stay on the customer's hard drive for thirty days, but 24 hours after its first viewing it will self-destruct, preventing further viewing or passing along to others. During that 24-hour period, the movie can be viewed as many times as the viewer wants, and the film can be paused, rewound, and able to execute all the other start/stop functions available on a DVD or cassette.
Until now, because of worries about consumers making perfect digital copies of movies and distributing them worldwide for free, the major studios have had serious reservations about offering up their libraries and new releases for download on the Internet. But new DRM (digital rights management) encryption schemes have instilled confidence that users will not be able to distribute the films beyond their own hard disks.
http://www.dtvprofessional.com/htm/homeset.htm
OT: Tinroad
Nice to see you back posting. Do you still follow SNDK? If so, what are your thoughts on Wed. earnings call? I managed to get out for a profit a while back, but was looking to get back in. What is a good "re" entry price IYHO? Thx and see ya!
John Q Law
Has anybody tried using an FM Modulator with the MXP-100?
I would like to use the MXP with my car stereo, and my car does not have a cassette player (can't use the casette adapter), only an in-dash single CD player. My car stereo also does not have any type of "audio in" or "aux" available, so the only option is to use an FM Modulator and pipe the music from the MXP into an unused FM frequency. Also, where can I buy one rather cheaply (Radio Shack has one for about $50, but I seem to remember someone posting they got one for $25). Thanks and Happy Holidays!
John Q Law
**** IBM Voice Recognition & Handhelds ****
http://money.cnn.com/2001/10/31/technology/v_leading_edge/
John Q Law
FF and RP have both stated that shareholders will have a microdrive music player/voice recorder "in our hands" by the shareholder meeting. In fact, FF said that he expected us to be "recording the details of the meeting" with our new players. It is apparantly the MXP-100 player that is being referred to. (I originally guessed in would be a "beefed up" Merit player, that morphed into a jukebox via the microdrive) The SHM is 1 week from today....1 week. The Yahoo storefront should have been launched by now. Given the typical ordering time, and delivery schedules, there is no longer any grace period. Does "in our hands" mean that they will be selling them at the front door. Come on, enough of the delays. Not bashing, but what gives?
John Q Law
OT: XYBR Wearable Computer FOR SALE at IBM website:
http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=2207035&cntrfnbr=1&prme...
John Q Law
OT: XYBR Wearable Computer FOR SALE at IBM website:
http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=2207035&cntrfnbr=1&prme...
John Q Law
Reminder of "Finished Products" Next Week:
http://showcase.cetra.org.tw/prs2/prs106/prsitem.asp?prid=2711
John Q Law
1 More, EDIG SUSHI:
Tranlation courtesy of AltaVista...Thanks MIR :)
http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/news/2001/09/06/18.html
2001/9/6
Micro drive loading of the 1GB, can do also operation with voice the audio prayer appearance which Develops the portable audio prayer and the like the American e.Digital Corp. which It corresponded to also the micro drive of the 1GB, small-sized operating system " MicrocOs it announced the portable audio recorder / the prayer which loads 2.0 " of the same company and audio navigation function " VoiceNav ". Concerning price and the like details are not made clear, but the year end trade war (the holiday selling season) to selling is planned.
The new product from the 340MB can correspond to the micro drive of the 1GB, treble quality long time can record very even in the sound source. When micro drive of the 1GB is utilized, you say treble quality clearing the digital music and the studio sound recording level sound can be recorded, maximum of 20 hours. In addition, other than micro driving and the compact flash (CF) it corresponds in the card and the DataPlay.
MicrocOs 2.0 of the same company development has had file management function and high-level power source management function, the audio recognitive function VoiceNav is supported. Because of this, as for the user it is possible to operate tune and the play list in the natural sound. In addition, at the time of the extreme movement of sport and the like the sound flying is prevented by the buffer.
As for the sale * marketing section vice president Steve Ferguson person of the same company, " as for this prayer, while with the product which buries the center of the prayer which designates the HDD as record medium and the prayer which designates the flash memory card as the media, making use of the large capacity removable media it is one of the new products whose portable characteristic is very high ", you have commented.
E.Digital Corp.
Http: / / The WWW edig. com/ news/ releases/ pr090501. html
Any French Speakers?
http://www.media-video.com/article.php?sid=392
John Q Law
Eastech to show "Finished Products" NEXT WEEK:
http://showcase.cetra.org.tw/taitronfp2001/search3/showsup.asp?ban=86980876&schword=MP3&prod...
please email ihub chat password to me at:
johnqlaw@hotmail.com
Thx.
JQL
3PM Press Conference on Stock Markets:
NEW YORK - Leaders of the top American stock markets and U.S. government officials are planning a 3 p.m. news conference Thursday in New York to discuss the status of resuming stock trading, suspended for three days after the air attack on the World Trade Center destroyed the twin towers and large swaths of downtown.
According to spokesmen at the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market, the event will be held at the Bear Stearns midtwon Manhattan headquarters and is anticipated to be a repeat of Wednesday news conference at Bear's Park Avenue officers.
NYSE Chairman Richard Grasso at the Wednesday news conference said all efforts were under way in an attempt to resume trading by Friday at the earliest or Monday at the latest.
Grasso is expected to be again joined by Nasdaq Chief Executive Hardwick Simmons, U.S. Securuties and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt, and Peter Fisher, U.S. Treasury undersecretary for domestic finance, at the Thursday news conference.
cal_law, just got the typical RP reply: "we continue working with multiple oem's, on our multiple product, blah.....blah....blah....."
JQL
**** Bad news guys ****
Just went to Hammacher web site to see if there had been any Treo updates, etc. Was surprised to see that the item had been removed, and was no longer offered. I called to follow up, as I have had one on back order since early July, and spoke to a sales rep, who updated me on the situation. Here goes:
As of yesterday, Hammacher decided to no longer carry the Treo when the manufacturer informed them of a "problem with the capacity chip", and that it created "vibrations, and a non-stable environment, or skips...". When I asked if she knew when this was to be resolved, or if they would be offering it when it was fixed, she had no idea. The info she gave me sounded like she read it off a memo given to sales, but this is just my opinion. What the fluck?
Respectfully,
John Q Law
(Not making this up, feel free to call Hammacher yourself)
Emit- a better question for Tinroad IMHO...eom
Emit- Here is what you are looking for:
Support Any Format,Any Time
TI’s Internet Audio solution provides
the flexibility to listen to
music in any format at any time.
MP3, Windows Media Audio, Real
G2, ATRAC3, Dolby Digital, ePAC,
TwinVQ, QDMC, 723.1, and AUDIBLE.
COM™ are just a few of the
formats that TI supports. Portable
digital audio players engineered
with TI DSPs can be programmed
to accommodate music in any format.
The audio standards will
either be encoded in the program
material, reside in the player, or
be downloaded from the Internet.
Regardless of the delivery methods,
any player engineered with a
TI C5000™ DSP will be able to
handle any audio standard.
Our IA solution also supports multiple
media formats including Compact
Flash, Smart Media, MMC, SD,
Memory Stick, and Secure MMC.
While I was driving to work this morning, after a few sips of coffee, I had a moment of clarity, and it all seems to fit.
Has anybody considered the possibility that edig's unannounced "strategic partner" could be none other than Creative, makers of the Nomad jukebox?
Creative's Corporate Fact Sheet:
More than 70 percent of PC audio systems worldwide are built on Creative's Sound Blaster technology.
NOMAD Jukebox is the first hard drive MP3 player to be marketed successfully worldwide. Users can leave home with their entire music collection - over 150 CDs' worth or 2,000 songs - in this portable device.
Over 100,000 NOMAD Jukebox units have been sold since its August 2000 launch.
R & D strength - The company has 550 R&D engineers worldwide.
Developer support - Creative has more than 3,300 developers worldwide.
Creative has over 30 subsidiaries and associates worldwide, mostly in complementary fields of audio and high technology. These include Broadxent, Cambridge SoundWorks and E-mu Systems, Inc.
Global reach - The company has more than 5,000 employees worldwide with offices in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Australia, South Korea and South Africa. It has a network of 230 distributors in over 80 countries.
Now, with the Nomad jukebox (MP3 only) soon to be extinct, wouldn't it make sense that the next gen of this product be multi-codec? Also, doesn't Creative serve as thier own OEM? Couldn't they simply liscense MOS or MircoCam from Edig and market it as thier own (with Edig royalties of course!). Couldn't they then expand thier horizons, and manufacture for other private labels as well? They also provide the warranty and tech support that Edig wants to offer as part of their cradle to grave solutions. Last but not least, to quote the immortal Hai.....
Sometimes your competitors become your customers....
I of course could be way off base, but felt good to ramble. Still waiting for an answer back from Dataplay on my "Hack" query.
John Q Law
Just a thought...
Has anybody considered the "hack" factor in regards to Dataplay discs? Think about it for a minute, you purchase a DP disc by Pearl Jam, that contains 5 albums, but only the first one is available. The next four albums are "locked", which require you to go to Dataplay's website (or the labels web site...nor sure which one) and pay a fee to "unlock" each one. This so called
"Content Key" protection plan...how secure could it be?
Remember the DVD copyright protection that was supposed to be unhackable? It was hacked within days, and the code was made available online at a number of websites. As a matter of fact, you can still search and find it out there.
My point is, if DP disks are hackable (everything is to a certain extent) then this could spell big trouble. Make no mistake about it, it WILL be hacked, but what makes a successfull hack is the ability of the average joe to apply the hack, and have it become a common practice. If only one in 100,000 can perform it, then it is for all intents and purposes safe.
Does anybody here know much about DP's content key? Has anyone ever posed these questions to DP's IR, or even RP? If not, I might just have a letter to scribe soon.
John Q Law
**** Sentinal - Boulder County Business Report is online:
http://www.bcbr.com/display.phtml?VI=P2012&Section=News&Page=44
Devices for DataPlay’s mini disks expected to reach market by fall
By Anjanette Mudd
Staff Writer
BOULDER – The compact disk is no longer the most compact. The first devices designed for Dataplay Inc.’s multipurpose mini disk will be available this fall. Manufacturers haven’t announced products yet, but stand-alone music players, digital cameras and USB adapters are the first in what Chief Executive Officer Steven Volk hopes will be a long line of devices capable of supporting the disks.
Volk said several early production units for some of the products are available, but none are ready for distribution.
Pending products include a portable audio player/recorder being developed by Samsung Yepp, and a mobile audio player being developed by Toshiba Corp. Volk said a few personal digital assistants (PDAs) capable of supporting the disks also are being worked on, but they may not make it out this year.
The stand-alone music players will range in price from $199 to $299; the digital cameras from $599 to $2000; and the adapters will cost no more than $199. The adapter device plugs into the USB port on the user’s computer, much like early CD-ROM devices did before computer manufacturers integrated them into computers. All the devices will be available to consumers through computer and electronics retailers sometime this fall.
Dataplay is working on its own disk drive. In February, the company poured $30 million into its manufacturing facility in Singapore to develop the drives, called micro optical storage engines or optical pick-up units. This is the read-and-write component found in all optical disk drives, including those for compact and digital video disks.
"Dataplay is establishing a new standard," Volk said. The release of these devices is the first step toward his goal of creating a universal standard for media players, ranging from computers, to stereos, to MP3s, to cellular phones, to PDAs, to e-book readers, to whatever else evolves.
Dataplay was launched in Boulder in 1998 as a provider of digital media for portable Internet and electronic devices. A number of investors, including Boulder’s Sequel Venture Partners, Toshiba, Samsung and Universal Music have had a strong role in the company’s success. Boulder venture capital firm iBelay also is an investor.
Since May 1999, Dataplay has received financing totaling $64 million. The company also was a winner at The Boulder County Business Report’s 2000 IQ Awards event, which recognizes the innovation of the county’s top entrepreneurs.
Michael Goodman, a senior analyst at The Yankee Group Research Inc. in Boston, said the release of the devices this fall is a good first step for Dataplay. "They’re moving in the right direction" he said. But the release of devices that accept the disk is only one part of the process. In order to be successful, Goodman said there must be content in stores that’s available for the disks.
Dataplay plans to release disks with prerecorded music, e-books and games. It is targeting the music industry, having developed successful distribution relationships with several top labels, including Universal Music Group, EMI Group and BMG Entertainment. With these three companies distributing albums on the disk, Volk said Dataplay has created enough critical mass in the industry.
"DataPlay has aligned itself with many well-known partners, so the consumer will be familiar with the names of our products. And once we are on the shelves, we will begin a nationwide advertising campaign to educate and entice the consumer about our media and our partners’ products," said Diane Taylor, marketing assistant and Dataplay spokeswoman.
But it won’t be easy. "It (the disk) clearly has a lot of different applications," Goodman said, but it will be competing against the established CD and DVD markets.
Not so, said Taylor. "Our goal is to bring out a totally new format that will be complimentary to established media. The consumer will now have another choice for their entertainment needs, as well as their data storage needs." Size may give Dataplay’s disk an edge in consumer markets. The disks are comparable to a quarter, making them a viable option for use in handheld and mobile devices as well as music players and computers. And because the disks are capable of archiving data, downloading will not be necessary, Taylor added.
Cost is another factor. Volk said blank disks will sell for between $5 and $10 each. With content, the cost will be comparable to that of corresponding video, software and audio products on the market today. They will be available at computer specialty and consumer electronics stores.
The disks also are prerecordable and recordable, so they can contain content and record it. The disk can store up to 500 megabytes of data, which amounts to about 11 hours of music, hundreds of photos, or dozens of games and e-books. In the future, Volk said it will have the capacity to store several gigabytes of data.
Taylor said it’s hard to know how long it will take for the disk to catch on with consumers. "Today’s consumer has seen many high-tech innovations come and go in recent years, so it will be up to them to embrace the new format. Considering the affordability and the multiuse appeal, we think consumers will be willing to give DataPlay a chance." Goodman said adoption of the Dataplay disk in the mainstream is a process that will take years. He compares it to direct broadcast satellite technology behind Direct TV. DBS debuted in 1994. In its first year, Goodman said 1.75 million units were sold. Today, that number is hovering around 15 million. But it has taken seven years to get there. "They have their work cut out for them," Goodman said.
Contact Anjanette Mudd at (303) 440-4950 or e-mail amudd@bcbr.com.
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Why hasn't E.Digital acknowledged the fact that the TREO won an award at the MP3 conference? This is a perfect opp for F&H to get the word out a bit.
John Q Law
Also of note:
the "voice mp3 player" looks similar to the orbit.
John Q Law
new dataplay sightings, and other fun stuff:
http://designin.com/eng/introduct_top.html
Please hold mouse pointer over the "portfolio" link, and choose
"design bank". Once this page loads, there will be icons for various products. There are a few Dataplay products which I haven't seen yet, and a few interesting voice/Mp3 type players. Also of note, under "portfolio", there is an entire section devoted to Samsung. The Samsung section has nothing of note, but interesting none the less. Also may want to check out the "in design" section for more mp3 and dataplay designs. Lots to see here, including "internet broadcasting players", etc.
John Q Law
OT: CKSLA Fonix PR bullshyte, as I thought. So sad.
JQL
link for: /KILL KILL KILL -- Global News Network/
http://quicken.excite.com/investments/news/story/pr/?story=/news/stories/pr/20010508/LNTU001H.htm&am...
Updated: Tuesday, May 8, 2001 12:53 PM ET
Editors should disregard LNM001, Fonix: The Voice of the Future - Now Contracting with Industries' Mega-giants: Microsoft, Panasonic, Motorola, Siemens and RCA, which moved yesterday.
-0- 05/07/2001 K LNM001
/PRNewswire -- May 8/
(FONX)
CO: Global News Network; Fonix
ST: England
IN: MLM CPR PUB
SOURCE Lafarge Corporation
CKSLA-
I agree wholeheartedly. When the news finally does break, I want it to have some substance.
JQL
CKSLA-
Let's hope FH can have a more substantial PR than the Fonx one by GNN. Read it closely, it is pure hype. No meat. GNN "expects" to have a website by 2002, GNN folks "may or may not own stock in the mentioned co's", phone contact info for GNN is in India, etc.
All the fonx pr does is MENTION fonx with some global tech leaders. There is no actual contracts or revenue listed. Not sure if you are familar with ecnc (the most hyped P&D ever IMHO), but this smells of the "tree trimmer" all over again.
Fonx as a co. I like, but the fact that they associated themselves with this unknown GNN and posted the pr on their own website makes me weary. Sad, very sad.
JQL