Sanyo’s Hard Drive Based Voice Recorder

By Ian Bell Published February 4, 2005

The Sanyo HDR-B5GM voice recorder features a 1-inch 5GB hard drive from Seagate and is capable of recording 693 hours in its’ lowest compression format. The HDR-B5GM can also double as an MP3 player supporting MP3 and WMA audio formats. There is also an SD memory card slot located on the unit.

“Sanyo draws a distinction between music players and voice recorders, which it says have built-in microphones, speakers, and a microphone input socket, and is claiming a world first with the HDR-B5GM. It will go on sale in Japan in early March and will cost around Â¥53,000 ($507). Sanyo will sell the HDR-B5GM overseas, although no plans have been set.”

Found VIA Engadget

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