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(5 customer reviews) 34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Excellent quality product,
February 12, 2006 Nicholas Alexander Dragon "Lone Wolf" (St. Petersburg, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony ICDCX50 Digital Voice Recorder (Office Product)
Sony's Visual Recorder sits in a class by itself. After purchasing and using it, I am surprised someone else hasn't thought of this idea and marketed it. The recorder is small enough to fit in your pocket, can be operated with one hand, and it well crafted.
I purchased it for two reasons. One, the rechargable battery, either by a USB port or the included AC charger. Total charge time from a dead state is 2.5 hours. (Battery life is rated at 10.5 hours to 14.5 hours, depending on recording settings. Not shabby at all.) What was nice is the shutdown feature once the battery is fully charged, protecting the unit from becoming hot. My other reason of purchase is the 256 MB of built in flash memory. (If you can talk and create the 1000 total messages this unit can store within its 256 MB of memory, you have way too much to say.) The quality and features Sony has placed within the unit is a nice plus, and is something a concerned consumer should come to expect. (Unfortunately,...Read more
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A Great Recorder for Slide Presentations and Dictations,
February 17, 2008 Michael Magee (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony ICDCX50 Digital Voice Recorder (Office Product)
I have owned two of these units for over two years. The second one was purchased (quickly) when I thought that I had lost the first. Interestingly, the newer one holds its charge. Whereas, the older one does not; when not used the battery life will trickle away---and you won't be able to use it until you recharge it. That is my only criticism.
For what I have used this recorder for it is fantastic. I am a research psychologist and I go to a few conferences over the course of the year in which I attend many presentations that use slides. I sit in the front and snap a picture of every slide while I record the talks. Then when I get home from the conference, I can actually see the talks again!
(I must admit that I use Camtasia Studio Version 5 to capture the entire recording so that I can play it on, well, anything...Read more
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Dissapointed,
June 1, 2008 Captain Mike (Worth,Ill) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony ICDCX50 Digital Voice Recorder (Office Product)
Get some reading glasses prior to purchase. you will need them to see the poor quality photos generated by this device.Should have been an electric razor that takes notes.Very bulky. Sony makes some great IC recorders bot this is not one of them. I put it back in the box. Get the Sony ICD-sx46 with the Naturally Speaking software instead.I have had two so far and they work well.As an alternative,Cannon allows you to attach voice notes to photos on some cameras.Someone at Sony should revisit this design especially at the cost of this device.
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