Hitachi's HMR-1 CD player and MP3 recorder

by Thomas Ricker, posted Oct 5th 2006 at 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]

Filed under: Portable Audio

Tags: cd player, CdPlayer, eye muse, EyeMuse, hitachi, HMR-1, i.μ's, imuse, portable cd mp3 player, portable cd player, PortableCdMp3Player, PortableCdPlayer

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Owen V @ Oct 5th 2006 8:58AM

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.

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maff @ Oct 5th 2006 10:17AM

Who the hells bothered about DRMed files Tom?

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