[PD] [ot] portable harddisk recording device

[Thomas Grill]

Hi,
i'd like to thank you all for the valuable information.
It's a difficult choice.... the harddisk players don't seem to provide 
the quality and flexibility i'd like to have. Really interesting is the 
Compact-Flash solution pointed to by Frank Barknecht, but it's already 
a bit too expensive.
Today i had a look at the new generation of Hi-MD-Recorders (Sony), 
which seem quite ok... they are really compact and 100 minutes of PCM 
recording time is enough for me. They have USB-IO and optical in, 
plugin-power for electret micros, acceptable level meters, the usual 
editing capabilities and the possibility of using normal batteries. 
Maybe i'm also biased by the fact that i have been using my good ole 
MD-Walkman for nearly ten years now, without any problems, also 
withstanding some hard crashes. At the moment, it's sure difficult to 
get the Hi-MD media at most places of the world, though.

best greetings,
Thomas