> really inadequate. Five ounce recorder under $ 1000 at least makes me
> curious. The original ad page does not tell a whole lot, except that you
FWIW the Sony R909 portable MD recorder weights 4.8 oz with battery :)
> The machine actually holds two MMC chips at 256 Megs, whose prices have
> indeed fallen since I last checked.
An 80 minute minidisc holds ~170 MB but costs < $2. Well, $2.79 if you get
the reeealy nice ones. You know, with gold-plated connectors and all.
> The four hour record limit on battery life is using 1600 mah NiMH, same as
I averaged about 2 disks (recording) per AA when using a recent MD
recorder, this was without using it in conjunction with the NiMH
rechargeable (often nowhere to plug in!).
> gather. Comments by other sceptics say worse than MD, but better than
> tape. Sounds like it might be in my range.
About half the datarate of full quality MD, I would think roughly equal to
MDLP2 mode MD (in which case a single disk holds 160 minutes...).
Ever the cheerful advocate,
aaron
http://www.quietamerican.org
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