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Tascam DR07 Portable Digital Recorder

$197.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it's a quick, easy tool for recording your stuff and putting it up on myspace or in any other digital format, and it's very affordable.
from www.amazon.com
if you record in mp3 format you need a computer application (i use soundtrack pro on the mac) to chop up the file on your computer as the dr-07 provides no way to chop up a big mp3 file into
from www.amazon.com
note to apple and others: this is how things should be done--generic cabling, generic file formats, maximum flexibility.
from www.amazon.com
in fact, that 2gb file size limit is the only possible area of concern for anyone using this, at least if you want to capture a lengthy performance in lossless wav format.

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Positives: Great Sound Quality, Compact, Great Portability

2 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for FORMAT

Olympus RECORDER

$134.00 Est. at Amazon

from Matt from Atlanta, GA, clickfrom.buy.com
that one (an rca rp5022b) used its own file format so you had to use its software to play back the files, plus something like one recording out of 10 or 15 would have some kind of file error that
from www.amazon.com
i give it a 4 because i have to live with the wma format unless i convert it on my computer to something else :-( .
from John Dollison, www.newegg.com
playback, voice-activation, usb interface to my winxp pc (shows up as a removable usb drive, with no special software), and ability to play back audiobooks and music in wma or mp3 format.
from www.amazon.com
also, it would be great if the audio file could be recorded other format such as mp3 or wav and not just wma.
from www.amazon.com
the recording level was just at the default setting of the 2nd highest quality format called st-hq.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Sound Quality, Compact, Recording Media: Digital

3 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for FORMAT

Olympus VN4100PC Digital

$93.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it's also a snap to use the software and upload the voice files in wav format.
from www.amazon.com
i like that it records in wav format.
from www.amazon.com
due to the weird 4 bit celp + adpcm recording format you can not use any burning software to transfer the recordings to cd.
from www.amazon.com
i had to record some tapes onto an electronic format and the sound quality was excellent.
from www.amazon.com
good transfer to digital format.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Compact, Good Sound Quality, Recording Media: Digital

4 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for FORMAT

Olympus DS-30 Handheld Digital

$95.00 Est. at Amazon

from Robert from Lexington, KY, www.circuitcity.com
the software and file format are designed to work with windows only.) battery life is very good, and the two aaa batteries required are cheap and easy to replace when necessary.
from www.buydig.com
the wma format is easy to convert by lots of programs if you don't want to use media player.
from www.amazon.com
the wma format isn't that great because it is proprietary and doesn't work on all systems.
from www.amazon.com
one glitch, though, is that it records only a proprietary format, so only windows programs or those licensed to use the windows wma codec (if my terminology is correct) can play the files.
from www.amazon.com
the issues are that it only records in wma format (windows proprietary) and the software is not very good for editing.

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Large Capacity, Easy To Use, Recording Media: Digital

5 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for FORMAT

Olympus WS-110

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from www.bestbuy.com
i was concerned that the wmv format might not provide the quality i was seeking, but i was pleasantly surprsied.
from dvrsound from Indianapolis, IN, www.circuitcity.com
one of the main reasons i got this one.6) good battery life7) already in digital format, which is awesome and this mode is very compatible with the new mp3 players out there.i bought a roxio
from Notations, www.newegg.com
the immediate windows format makes it a breeze to edit and transfer.
from www.amazon.com
this thing sounds really good and is actually compatible with my mac (though since the files are in wma format, you'll need a free app like vlc to play them in os x).
from www.amazon.com
having the recordings in wma format is a huge help to be able to edit them with software.

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Large Capacity

Sony ICDPX720 USB DIGITAL NOTETAKE 1 GB

$57.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
you can load music files (converted to sony's proprietary sound format) onto it, but it doesn't have shuffle, playlists, or other standard mp3 player features.
from www.amazon.com
it still works, but it's a shame they never came out with a low-cost, small digital tape format in the 80's...or perhaps put in dbx noise reduction.
from www.amazon.com
you can also convert them from native format to mp3.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Great Capabilities, Excellent Portability, Recording Media: Digital

Olympus WS-210S 512 MB

$100.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
recorded material rather than start a new file or add to an existing one, and it recorded in a proprietary format that wouldn't play on a mac until i had converted it using a windows program.
from www.amazon.com
the files are in wma format so it does require a quicktime plugin to read that format.
from www.amazon.com
i only wish the format was in mp3 rather then wma.
from www.amazon.com
the thumb control for play and record was easy to get backwards; it tended to want to overwrite previously recorded material rather than start a new file or add to an existing one, and it recorded in

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Long Battery Life, Recording Media: Digital

Olympus VN-4100 256 MB

$44.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
in use, the recorder performed flawlessly - in voice activated format, the recorder caught everything with no clipping, and never missed any of the action.
from www.amazon.com
due to the weird 4 bit celp + adpcm recording format you can not use any burning software to transfer the recordings to cd.
from www.amazon.com
the wave files are pretty big so converting to mp3 format may be necessary depending on your needs.
from www.amazon.com
control them - you can rename, change the format (i use nch switch sound - freeware - to change the format to mp3), and store them wherever you like to make available for an e-mail attachment.
from www.amazon.com
yes, you have to dump the files into the olympus player software - but all you have to do is drag them directly to the desktop, where you can completely control them - you can rename, change the

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Positives: Easy To Use, Compact, Excellent Sound Quality, Recording Media: Digital

Audiovox RP5130

$45.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it records in .voc format rather than mp3, as advertised.
from www.amazon.com
a folder will show up with your recorded files (it's plug & play so no installer when using xp)(file format it records in is .mp3 but mono)

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Positives: Easy To Use, Compact, Nice Portability, Recording Media: Digital

Olympus DS-40 Handheld Digital

$128.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.tigerdirect.com
it is supposed to enable conversion from the wma media to wav format, but it will only do so if you have purchased the windows media xp upgrade from microsoft.
from www.amazon.com
it would be nice to able to record directly into the .mp3 format rather than the default .wma, which is a microsoft audio format and will not play without third party software on a mac.
from www.amazon.com
the xq recording mode uses microsoft's compressed wma format and the standard editing tool on windows is movie maker (not obvious) - which again only outputs as wma.
from www.amazon.com
as an audiobook player, the ds-40 will play audiobook content (after activation) from audible.com in formats 2, 3, and 4.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Compact, Recording Media: Digital

Olympus WS-110

$126.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
this thing sounds really good and is actually compatible with my mac (though since the files are in wma format, you'll need a free app like vlc to play them in os x).
from www.amazon.com
having the recordings in wma format is a huge help to be able to edit them with software.
from www.amazon.com
file format is limited to wma/windows media instead of mp3 or a more microsoft-independent format; i knew about this limitation when i bought the device but figured i could live with this limitation.

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Nice Sound Quality, Recording Media: Digital

Sony ICD-UX80 2048 MB

$114.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the two features i was most interested, this one has: it records directly into .mp3 (not into some proprietary format like most olympus' do), and data transfer works as a usb flash drive (not
from www.amazon.com
the model i kept coming back to was the icd-u70 but i was concerned by the proprietary file format and the difficulty that i had heard about converting it to a more standard format.
from www.amazon.com
the use of (the nearly universal) mp3 format is a huge plus (although an open source codec such as ogg vorbis might have been nice in some ways).
from www.amazon.com
i have experimented with this device trying to find the correct format for our setting.
from www.amazon.com
downloading the recording files (that already are in mp3 format) is as easy as plugging the device into a usb port and copying them to the c: drive.

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Long Battery Life, Recording Media: Digital

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