Matt,
Will Marantz be posting more information about the PMD670 on their
web site soon? It would be nice to know weight, power options,
battery life, as well as lots of other details beyond what's already
available at the moment. It would be great to see a PDF of the
manual.
BTW: In the US several online retailers have started advertising the
PMD670 as a preorder for July. I've seen it advertised as cheap as
$650 (includes shipping and a 64MB CF card).
Alan.
--- In wrote:
> >A solid-state memory unit has a shock rating 10 times
> >greater (2000G), so it's the best option of the three
> >for a recorder in a high-shock environment.
>
> .. unless the recorder is a 96k 24 bit uncompressed LPCM recorder -
the
> memory cards would cost nearly as much as the recorder!
>
> What is worth considering here, that even with a 4GB compact flash
costing
> =A31500 ( which will drop very fast over the next six months to a
year ) -
> this is a one off purchase, and not the archival media. How many
DAT tapes
> does a professional recordist use during the lifetime of a DAT
machine ?
> Even with MD what is the total cost of media over the lifetime of
the
> product ? The Marantz PMD670 ( which is coming in at significantly
less
> than =A31000 without media, so the media would be about twice the
cost of
> the machine itself ), plus one of these 4GB cards would give you
pretty
> much a full working day ( six hours or so ) of uncompressed stereo
> recording time. If you record every day in a professional context
then
> even with the media at this price it still works out a lot cheaper
over
> product lifetime than DAT or MD according to my calculations.
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> If you don't want to carry a laptop in the field, there are now
also
> available options for dumping the contents of a card onto a larger
> portable hard drive
> for example the KingByte X drive ( http://www.kingbyte.com ).
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> Matt
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> Matt Jarvis
> Product Marketing Manager
> Marantz Professional Europe
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> Paul Isaacs <>
> 2003-05-15 10:42
> Please respond to naturerecordists
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> >The 2.5 inch hard discs specified for many new recorders
> >have a shock rating of 150G to 200G,
>
> ... which is still much higher than you would get from a blu-ray
120mm
> disc. So the point is that 120mm Blu-ray is not a good substitute
for the
> HDD in the new generation portable HDD recorders.
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> >which really isn't
> >sufficient for recording on a bumpy road, either.
>
> ...but in combination with shock buffering, 2.5" HDD's work very
well in
> bumpy situations. The 'write' speed of an HDD is the key to
extremely
> effective shock control management.
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> >A solid-state memory unit has a shock rating 10 times
> >greater (2000G), so it's the best option of the three
> >for a recorder in a high-shock environment.
>
> .. unless the recorder is a 96k 24 bit uncompressed LPCM recorder -
the
> memory cards would cost nearly as much as the recorder!
>
> Admittedly, I do agree that solid state is the most reliable form
of
> storage
> for mobile, low storage capacity applications especially those using
> compressed audio formats. Roll on the day we can buy 30GB flash
memory
> cards
> costing around $100. 8GB will be available about 2006 and at a
pretty
> scary
> price! so it could be some time.
>
> all the best
>
> Paul, HHB
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