On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 20:43:04 -0400, Joe Kesselman wrote
(in article ):

robin wrote:
Eight hours on one disk: nice!

Mine only goes to five hours or so, but it's still nice. And a fringe
benefit is that because it only spins up the motor once it's got a
buffer-block ready to save from memory to disk, this also extends
bettery life -- so I can get the full five hours off one charged battery.

It isn't a replacement for DAT. But as a replacement for cassettes, it's
a HUGE improvement.

The problem is finding a minidisk unit that will record from a mike. The
big market right now seems to be ones that can be recorded via USB and
used strictly as personal music players, and that's driven some of the
more versitile units off the shelves.

The Rode VideoMic sounds quite nice through the Sony Hi-MD recorder.

Ty Ford


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