Ultra-portable terminals

[Barry Wiseman]

Bob Rasmussen wrote:

> Interesting side note: A while back I was looking for a good portable
> audio recording setup, and I found that this field had been skipped over,
> by and large. There were lots of video recorders out there, and dictation
> recorders (mono, low quality), but little available to take the place of
> an old cassette deck, especially if I wanted to feed line out from a
> mixer. I ended up getting a Sony mini-disc recorder, which works quite
> well.

I just picked up one of these last month:

http://www.zzounds.com/item--EDIR09

Don't know if it's too pricey for your need, but it's only slightly heftier than an 
ipod and makes wonderful recordings.  Has both line and mic in (altho the built-in 
stereo condenser mics are pretty wonderful), writes to SD (supports cards up to 2Gb), 
in either WAV or MP3 up to 320kbps.

I got this for recording band practices.  I just set it down next to me, press 
Record, and forget about it.  I get awesome rehearsal recordings, easy to rip to my 
ftp server so the whole band can listen the next morning.  It's a hot new item so 
you'll probably still find it backordered wherever you look -- I waited several 
months for mine.

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