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]]>Oct 7th 2007 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Oct 7th 2007 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Oct 7th 2007 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Oct 7th 2007 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Oct 7th 2007 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/and it sounds awesome :P a sony product worth buying :)]]>Oct 7th 2007 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Good design with that techie kinda mystery to it that makes you wonder what you could do with it.

Pretty cool, although I liked the older model's analog meters.]]>Oct 7th 2007 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Oct 7th 2007 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Sony can be simply amazing and I agree this is where they shine. ]]>Oct 7th 2007 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/]]>Oct 7th 2007 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Oct 7th 2007 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/
http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/04/zoom_h2_digital_recorder_detai.html

and Marantz PMD620

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshb/1455247119/

and with the bonus of proprietary storage for extra wallet-raping thoroughness!!! Whoopee!]]>Oct 7th 2007 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/
But it all comes down to quality of preamps, built-in mics, battery options and runtime, and general real-world in-use tests are done before any conclusion can be made on how much better value the competition may or may not be.

The Marantz has yet to be released, just like this one. The H2 is not everyone's cup of tea, for some of the reasons mentioned above.]]>Oct 7th 2007 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Oct 7th 2007 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Oct 7th 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/
Zoom is a budget-level brand (I own an H4, and it's fine, for what it is). Sony clearly has made an attempt to get those components right, with separate circuit boards to reduce interference. Stand alone pre-amps can cost in the thousands of dollars, so of course the pre-amps on the H4 are noisy.

4GB is enough to record about 13 hours at lowest quality (22/16) and 2 hours at highest (96/24). If someone needs more capacity than that, they are in a similar class of people who need 32GB CF cards for their digital SLR cameras.]]>Oct 7th 2007 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Oct 7th 2007 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Oct 7th 2007 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/How on earth are they goona sell a consumer electronic like this?]]>Oct 7th 2007 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Oct 7th 2007 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Oct 7th 2007 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/
cpostudios - XLR connectors are great and in fact an industry standard. That said they are also a fairly large connector. I'm not sure it would be feasible without adding too much heft to the device.]]>Oct 7th 2007 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/Oct 8th 2007 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/
Linear PCM Stereo .WAV]]>Oct 8th 2007 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/sony-announces-pcm-d50-handheld-flash-recorder/
Is that supposed to be a professional look then?]]>Oct 9th 2007 11:40PM