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The Gadget: The Livescribe Pulse Digital Smartpen records your notes two ways: it creates digital copies of everything you write by hand while recording audio at the same time. It also goes one step further and links the two together, so you can quickly access audio by tapping parts of your notes. All of this is uploaded to your computer where the Livescribe software archives and makes your notes fully searchable. In addition, it offers features like a calculator, translator, and a paper piano that plays a mini piano you draw on paper.
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Review: Livescribe Pulse Digital Pen/Recorder (Verdict: It's Good for Notetakers)
The Gadget: The Livescribe Pulse Digital Smartpen records your notes two ways: it creates digital copies of everything you write by hand while recording audio at the same time. It also goes one step further and links the two together, so you can quickly access audio by tapping parts of your notes. All of this is uploaded to your computer where the Livescribe software archives and makes your notes fully searchable. In addition, it offers features like a calculator, translator, and a paper piano that plays a mini piano you draw on paper.More »
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Blackmagic USB Recorder Captures Direct Video For iPods, YouTube
Blackmagic's new USB compatible video recorder promises to simplify your video recording process by utilizing the H.264 format for playback on the iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, YouTube, IPTV, and the web. It also features analog component, NTSC, PAL and S-Video inputs as well as simple software that should make it easy to get your video into the appropriate size. The recorder will ship this July in standard and SDI versions for $119 and $299 respectively. [Blackmagic via ecoustics]
camcorders
Canon HV30 Camcorder Gets Reviewed by CamcorderInfo
CamcorderInfo got its hands on the HV30 camcorder; Canon's updated version of last year's prizewinning HV20 and offers up an in-depth review. The upside: the HV30 is a great camcorder that builds on the previous generation. The downside: its list of upgrades is small, and it keeps some quirky features. Updated. More »
digital audio recorders
Got a guitar for Christmas and plan on becoming the next Bob Dylan? Spring $400 on this little pocket recorder, and you just might. This mean-looking stereo recorder from Olympus weighs 5.8 ounces and can track stereo 24-bit 96kHz linear PCM uncompressed, so you get essentially everything the built-in microphones can pick up.
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Olympus LS-10 PCM Stereo Recorder Is a Studio in Your Pocket
Got a guitar for Christmas and plan on becoming the next Bob Dylan? Spring $400 on this little pocket recorder, and you just might. This mean-looking stereo recorder from Olympus weighs 5.8 ounces and can track stereo 24-bit 96kHz linear PCM uncompressed, so you get essentially everything the built-in microphones can pick up.
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When the PCM-D1 recorder was launched, we were excited but unsure exactly what about. We are set for much of the same emotional confusion with Sony's PCM-D50, the successor to the PCM-D1. The new iteration has 4GB of internal flash memory in addition to; a Sony memory stick slot, high quality internal stereo condenser microphones, recordings at 22.05/44.1/48/96kHz, as well as in 16 and 24 bit WAV audio. The D50 will be expected to retail at a relatively rock bottom, $599. The PCM-D50 will hit the shops in November. [Brad Linder's Digital Home]
Sony Set to Launch PCM-D50 Recorder
When the PCM-D1 recorder was launched, we were excited but unsure exactly what about. We are set for much of the same emotional confusion with Sony's PCM-D50, the successor to the PCM-D1. The new iteration has 4GB of internal flash memory in addition to; a Sony memory stick slot, high quality internal stereo condenser microphones, recordings at 22.05/44.1/48/96kHz, as well as in 16 and 24 bit WAV audio. The D50 will be expected to retail at a relatively rock bottom, $599. The PCM-D50 will hit the shops in November. [Brad Linder's Digital Home]
home entertainment
New Toshiba HD DVD Recorders Also Write HD to Regular DVDs
Panasonic isn't the only one showing off high-def recording at CEATEC. Toshiba announced three new HD DVD recorders, including the new flagship Vardia RD-X7. All of them can convert MPEG-2 to AVCHD MPEG-4 on the fly, and can store high-def video on DVD-R (2 hrs) and single-layer HD DVD-R (6 hrs) discs. Pricing and availability are not yet announced. [IDG/PC World - Image from Phile-web]
A PC World headline says "Sony Drops DVD for Blu-ray Disc." Before you think Sir Howard has gone bat nuts, let's clarify: the announcement is that Sony is switching from DVD recorders to Blu-ray recorders—in Japan. Since no one has cared about DVD recording since 2003, this is a non-event. [PC World]
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Japan Gets Four New Blu-ray Recorders from Sony
Sony took the time at their dealers convention in Japan today to announce the forthcoming arrival of four Bravia Blu-ray recorders. The BDZ-X90, BDZ-L70, BDZ-T70 and BDZ-T50 have anything from 500GB to 250GB of internal memory, are MP4 and AVC/H.264-compatible, and are expensive. Stats and prices are below the gallery.
hybrid recorders
Toshiba RD-A600 Packs 600GB HDD and HD DVD Burner
Toshiba has unleashed two killer HD DVD players/recorders in Japan, the RD-A600 and the RD-A300. Both of them record to HD DVD-R and DVD media, but the A600 takes it one step further with its built-in 600GB hard drive. Each model comes with two tuners, HDMI, and FireWire (iLINK) ports. The A600 is going for about $1,600 while the A300 hits the $1,200 price point, which is more than what you'll find here, but then again, we're talking a 600GB HDD here. More »
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CES 2007: Olympus Digital Voice Recorders Double as DAPs
Olympus rolls out an improved line of digital voice recorders that double as digital audio players, and we're liking their detachable stereo microphones and 44.1kHz recording capability. Voice menus make them easier to use, too, and their updated software makes downloading music and RSS podcast feeds a cinch. More »
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Panasonic to Ship First Blu-ray Hybrid Recorders
While Sony talked about shipping a Blu-ray recorder with no release date announced, Panasonic actually shows us the first Blu-ray hybrid recorders, its DMR-BW200 and DMR-BR100. They're called hybrid because they combine hard drive recording with Blu-ray single- and dual-layer disc recording capabilities (DVD recording, too, if that matters any more). The higher-end BW200 packs a 500GB hard drive, two digital tuners and one analog tuner. The lower-end BR100 has a 200GB hard drive and a single digital/analog tuner. More »
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Sony Announces Blu-ray Recorder, Due Soon
Sony recently announced that it plans to release a fully functional Blu-ray recorder in Japan by the end of the year. It won't be the first such Blu-ray recorder released by the company (the BDZ-S77 was released in 2003 but couldn't play commercial Blu-ray discs and could only record onto discs enclosed inside cartridges; that's it up above), but this yet-unnamed recorder will actually be useful: it'll record onto normal, 25GB or 50GB non-cartridge Blu-ray discs and it'll play back commercial Blu-ray discs no problem. Good for Sony, making their Blu-ray players actually play Blu-ray content. More »
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Sony Launches HDD-Based, DVD DL-Friendly Media Recorders
When not busy totally messing up the launch of the PS3, Sony devotes some time to releasing some decent electronics, like their latest line of of media recorders, including the RDZ-D900A, the RDZ-D800 and the RDZ-D700. All three recorders feature a hard drive for storing recorded content (the former two have a 400GB hard drive, while the latter has a 250GB hard drive) and can burn onto DL DVDs. The primary difference between the three of them is that the RDZ-900A features an HDMI port, and an iLink DV connector, so you can hook your video camera up to it. Additionally, the RDZ-900A can interact with the PSP and supports MPEG-4. Why they all can't do that is beyond me, but Sony hasn't exactly been on the ball lately. More »
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Pioneer DVR-DT100, an 800GB Gorilla
Pioneer aims to store every TV program you d ever want to record with its DVR-DT100, a digital video recorder that also features a DVD burner. The most impressive feature is its 800GB hard drive, enough space to hold, well, a heck of a lot of stuff. There s a DV input as well, letting the fancy people with DV devices plug right in. The DVD recorder supports DVD-R DL, DVD-R and DVD-RW format discs, while built-in digital and analog tuners round out the package. This beast is due out in April with a $1519 price tag. More »
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Sanyo Announces Two MP3 Voice Recorders
Sanyo has introduced the latest additions to its Diply line of voice recorders, and both have a rather odd look with their stalk-like external microphones attached up top. The behemoth of the bunch is the ICR-S340RM (left), which holds a gigabyte worth of sounds—that's good for 140 hours of voice recording. If that's not enough, it also has a miniSD card slot. More »
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