DAT, MD or similar recording equipment

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I want to branch out into specialist recording of nature to use in
conjunction with video editing. I use Final Cut pro for this and want
to buy a good quality sound recording device and a reasonable
microphone. I did a fair bit of this many years ago, but am out of
touch with the technology (although I am still in touch with
computing technology.) The HHB Portadisc sounds quite good, but I
have read a review that background noise on low level recordings is
not too good. Is this the best thing to buy or is there better?
Should I go DAT or solid state. Don't want to spend more than about
1000 GBP. Also what type of microphone?



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