Hitachi's HMR-1 CD player and MP3 recorder
By Thomas Ricker 
posted October 5th 2006 8:37AM
posted October 5th 2006 8:37AM
Portable CD players are just so retro, that is, until you slap in some new tricks like an SD card for line-in recording or MP3 playback. Affectionately dubbed the "i.μ's" (Eye Muse), the HMR-1 supports MP3/WMA playback and can record direct from CD or from externally attached sources (192kbps max) direct to SD cards without the use of a PC. No, it won't record to writable CDs and it doesn't support DRM'd WMA files. We'll see if the ol' dog hunts when these hit late November for a steep ¥25,200 in Japan or about $214. [Via Impress]
I can't remember the last time I saw a music CD and wanted to rip it but didn't have the means. I think Hitachi introduced this 4 years too late.
Who the hells bothered about DRMed files Tom?