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The Gadget: This olympus microphone plugs into a recorder and your ear, recording whatever you hear. That makes it perfect for recording cellphone interviews, which traditional telephone voice recorder setups meant for landlines can't.
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Sony's New Blu-ray Recorder Moves TV (not BD) Vid to PSP
Does this make up for the "no PS3 Blu-ray to PSP" transfer story? Kind of. Sony's new BDZ-A70 Blu-ray recorder system won't do that either, but will record your TV shows, and can transfer that video content to your PSP or Sony Walkman. That's kind of a consolation, and there's even a "one touch" button on the front to make it easy— it apparently can transfer about 60 minutes of QVGA video in around 3 minutes.More »
Sony Hinting at Blu-ray Recording Directly Inside TVs
Sony's President and Electronics CEO, Ryoji Chubachi, hinted at new areas that their Blu-ray technology could expand into, including burners that sit inside LCD HDTVs with "recording" functionality. If this means that your future Sony TV will be able to record HDTV shows onto Blu-ray, that would be super neat (and rather convenient). What we'd really like is for Sony TVs to DVR functionality, which you could then offload shows you wanted to back up onto Blu-ray. We'd definitely pay for that. [Digitimes]Recording Compressed to 1,000 Times MP3 Rate Could Be the Future of Music Playback
The University of Rochester has just devised a way of reproducing music in a file that's compressed 1,000 times smaller than an MP3 file. The way they do it—physically modeling an instrument in a computer and then feeding it input variables (breath, tongue, fingers) in order to generate the output tone—seems super obvious. People were making music with MOD files by recording one tone and generating different notes with it back in the '90s. But actually reproducing the instrument wholesale? That's amazing. More »
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Earliest Audio Recording Resurrected, Scares the Genitals Off Us
Audio historian David Giovannoni and scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered and brought back to life the first audio recording ever made, 17 years before Edison's patent. The ten-second snippet was made on a phonoautograph, a device that only recorded sounds but didn't play them back, so they had to do some voodoo to resurrect it and play it back. And after you hear it, you will agree on the voodoo part. More »
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AppleTV DVR Patent Points to AppleTV 3.0 Features?
We're not sure whether this patent will actually be implemented or if it's one of those cover-our-asses sort of filings, but Apple's had a DVR-like patent in the works since at least 2006. The figures show a TiVo-ish program that records TV, but then makes the recorded files available to watch on their iPods. There's even a direct docking mechanism so you don't need a PC to transfer files to and fro. Could this be the next-gen AppleTV? Probably not, since Apple's going in the direction of downloading shows from their iTunes store, and letting people record shows easily to transfer to their iPods kind of eats into their other downloading pie. [Apple Insider]
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Video Demo of PlayTV, the PlayStation 3 DVR
Even though the PlayTV PVR for the PS3 was announced for Europe in the middle of '07, they still haven't managed to release it yet (target date was early 2008). The BBC managed to get a hands-on video look at the device over at Sony's UK offices and it actually looks pretty great. More »
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Nokia Expects HD Video on Cellphones in 2 or 3 years
According to Nokia's Chief Technology Officer Tero Ojanpera, HD quality video recording on a cellphone is "technically a couple of years away." Then, in almost the same breath he said that "it's still a few years away." So what is it man—2 or 3? Better yet, what resolution are we talking about here? If you are going to talk out your ass you might as well go all the way. [Reuters via Ubergizmo]
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iLuv i182 Video Recording Dock: Where's the Automated Recording?
iLuv squeezes even more money out of the iPod with its i182, a dock that lets you record any video source directly to the iPod's hard drive. Because of Apple's wacky content controls (kinda like how you can't just drag and drop MP3s onto the iPod and expect them to play), you need to use the software that comes with the dock in order to enable playback on the iPod. Pretty lame, Apple. While you can set up the i182 to stop recording at a certain time, there's no way to automate the recording process. So, if you wanna record Oprah every day, you'd better be at the i182's side every day at 4 p.m. to hit the record button. Otherwise, you're SOL. More »
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Judges Allows RIAA to Take XM to Trial Regarding Inno, Helix Players
The RIAA slaps lawsuits on everyone and their dogs, but how many actually make it to court? This one will. U.S District Judge Deborah Batts ruled that the RIAA may proceed with a lawsuit against XM regarding the recording technology used in the Inno and Helix portable players. XM claimed that the recording technology used in their Inno and Helix is permitted because of the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, which... More »
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MusicJam With Your iPod, Be Famous or Not
Slip that iPod into the MusicJam, plug in the included microphone and your guitar, and you have yourself a $229 recording studio. It even has XLR inputs, tipping its hat toward professionalism. More »
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Creative Reactivates FM Recording For Zen Vision:M
All you Creative Zen Vision: M owners bummed that you couldn't record FM radio anymore are about to get an early Xmas present. More »
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Creative Strips FM from Zen Vision:M, Adam Carolla Fans Devastated
Bowing to RIAA pressure, Creative's released a new firmware update that removes FM recording functionality from already-released Zen Vision:M players. If users are
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iKey 320kbps Digital Audio Recorder Records Straight to MP3 at 320kbps
The iKey Plus, an upgrade of the iKey, seems great for people who want to take a stab at digital recording, be they bootleggers at a concert or disgruntled employees looking for evidence in their sexual harassment suit against their company. The device can record to any USB drive, and stores files in MP3 or WAV format. The bit rate goes up to 320kbps, which is pretty darn high if you're recording audio, and really darn high if you're just recording voices. More »
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TruScene Car Monitoring Device
The TruScene is a device that will actively monitor and record around your vehicle. It does the recording in 30 second clips and will only save the clips if a sudden bump or jolt occurs—perhaps from a hit and run. More »
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Spy Camera Sunglasses Records What You See
It's amazing to see the lengths that people will go to snoop on their fellow man. These sunglasses promise to record exactly what you're looking at thanks to a built-in video camera. The camera, which uses MPEG4 to encode video, has a 92-degree field-of-view. In practical terms, that means you don't even have to look directly at your mark in order to record. It's just a matter of time until creeps from sea to shining sea begin using these sunglasses at the gym, beach or supermarket, furthering their own sick, morally reprehensible ends. More »
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XtremeMac MicroMemo to Ship This Summer
When we first told you about the XtremeMac MicroMemo, it was due to ship in this Spring for $79.95, but now the company tells us it be shipping "this summer" for $59.95. It's designed for the iPod with video and lets you record 16-bit audio and 22kHz or 44kHz using its flexible mic. More »
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