Ravenwood - 08/23/03 11:30 AM
Finally, someone invented a digital radio recorder. Pogo's Radio Your Way is like Tivo for the radio, and can be set to turn on and record your favorite radio programs. It also has a USB port so that you can transfer files to your PC. (How long before the RIAA copyright nazis start arresting radio listeners now?)
You may want to pick up one of these quickly. Business groups like the RIAA and MPAA want to hold onto their interests in entertainment distribution, and may be quick to stifle such a new innovative product. Right now it's priced at about $150.
Category: Toys for Grownups
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32mb isn't very much room, something's fishy at 4 hours. That must be at 16kbs.
I have the Pogo RipFlash (128mb, original version) and it's a wonder; no radio, just recorder. It requires a computer if it gets in trouble formatwise (which it can do if you stab buttons randomly) but works stand-alone okay otherwise. It's a big mistake to make it require a computer to work or fix.
Two NiMH AAA batteries lasts about 5 hours. If the battery dies while you're recording, the thing is hosed. You get nothing saved and garbage saved on subsequent recordings. Some memory pointer is hosed. You can fix it without a computer by recording a full memory at 196kbs (1.5 hrs) and then deleting that.
Some rare more serious format disorders though require a computer's aid.
The jacks tend to be flakey and can confuse the device themselves.
What's wanted is a low standby battery drain, timer-activated version of the Pogo Ripflash that I have, with more robust software and hardware. The radio they'd supply probably isn't much good, as radios go.
SO: I'd guess this is a nice device, likely lo-fi at 4 hours, and has to be treated carefully.
Posted by: Ron Hardin at August 24, 2003 9:08 AMThanks for the info. The concept is nice, even if the implementation is a bit raw. Maybe Bose will come out with one in a few years.
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