--- In Walter Knapp <>
wrote:
> Rich Peet wrote:
>
> >>On the subject of 'the perfect recorder' I just had a look at the
> >>HHb Website in the UK. The picture of the MDP500 Portadisc has
695
> >>UKPounds beside it. This is about $1700 Australian, which would
> >>seem to compare well to the price of the Sony 'top of the range
> >>NetMD' which is near $800, in the stores in downtown Alice
Springs.
> >>
> >>Greg
> >
> >
> > Who knows why HHb did not include a wave format with their md
> > recorder and built substandard. One has to conclude it had
nothing
> > to do with the recordist.
>
> Maybe they were not building a computer. I'd hardly call it
substandard.
>
> I, for one am glad they avoided this trend to make everything a
computer
> accessory. And made a excellent stand alone field recorder instead.
>
> Walt
>
They built a degraded recorder without an option for shorter
recordings without md. They did this by their design. That is
substandard in that it is below their own construction standard.
If it is a pro recorder than they were not confined to just an md
standard unless they were in bed with sony.
and yes, they did build a computer.
Rich Peet
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