OT: Portable CD players and CD-RWs

[Richard]

My niece wants a portable CD player (Sony preferred) for her upcoming
birthday that handles CD-RWs. She says her current CD player (a few
years old) doesn't handle them.

We talked about CD player compatibility during RMMG CD time. I'm
thinking it's not a simply as just buying Sony CD player model XYZ-
123--that record speeds and that sort of stuff get involved.

Help. :)

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[Tom Yost]

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 05:56:46 GMT, Richard <rh310@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>My niece wants a portable CD player (Sony preferred) for her upcoming
>birthday that handles CD-RWs. She says her current CD player (a few
>years old) doesn't handle them.
>
>We talked about CD player compatibility during RMMG CD time. I'm
>thinking it's not a simply as just buying Sony CD player model XYZ-
>123--that record speeds and that sort of stuff get involved.
>
>Help. :)

Most new ones do play CDR and CDRW and many also play MP3's.

It will usually say on the package. Or if you find a model # you can
look online for specs.

On the other hand... the $350 Sony DVD player I bought a few years ago
does not.... &#$%#R#!!!



Tom

[Robert Barker]

"Tom Yost" <tom@gSePsApMac.com> wrote in message
news:qc8ojv42qvt6ese95enmm3tbfkgdkr23j6@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 05:56:46 GMT, Richard <rh310@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >My niece wants a portable CD player (Sony preferred) for her upcoming
> >birthday that handles CD-RWs. She says her current CD player (a few
> >years old) doesn't handle them.
> >
> >We talked about CD player compatibility during RMMG CD time. I'm
> >thinking it's not a simply as just buying Sony CD player model XYZ-
> >123--that record speeds and that sort of stuff get involved.
> >
> >Help. :)
>
> Most new ones do play CDR and CDRW and many also play MP3's.
>
> It will usually say on the package. Or if you find a model # you can
> look online for specs.
>
> On the other hand... the $350 Sony DVD player I bought a few years ago
> does not.... &#$%#R#!!!
>
>
>
> Tom
If she's dead set on a CD player, great, but you might wanna ask about MP3
players.....Hold a lot of tunes (some, anyways) are teensy-weensy
(unobtrusive, for you more erudite folks) and, if she's gonna be walking
around, no skips, and no fumbling around with discs...Just a thought..Sure,
they're not audiophile quality in terms of playback, but is a teen-ager
*really* gonna care? Probably not...;+)

[feklar]

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 05:56:46 GMT, Richard <rh310@hotmail.com> wrote:

>My niece wants a portable CD player (Sony preferred) for her upcoming
>birthday that handles CD-RWs. She says her current CD player (a few
>years old) doesn't handle them.

I just bought a halfway decent portable CD / CDR / CDRW / MP3 CD
player from K-Mart for $20. Seems they are having a clearance sale.
Whether this sale is a directive from management for all K-Mart stores
or just the one in my area I cannot know. You might want to check it
out, a lot of electronics were at fire sale prices.

I went in there to get some replacement filters, and came out with a
nifty MP3 player for $20. Original price was $49 or something like
that. Steer clear of Magnavox CD MP3 players (the one I had chopped
the first 1/2 seconf off every MP3 and I had to return it) and
Durabrand CD MP3 players (a total waste of money, cuts out at random,
so I returned it).

The one I got was a four line display Oritron, and it works great.
Hard to beat for $20... But they had about 8 others.

Couldn't hurt to stop in to the local K-Mart to check.

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[JPS@no.komm]

In message <MPG.19a39d2b8823c46e9897d0@news.verizon.net>,
Richard <rh310@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>My niece wants a portable CD player (Sony preferred) for her upcoming
>birthday that handles CD-RWs. She says her current CD player (a few
>years old) doesn't handle them.
>
>We talked about CD player compatibility during RMMG CD time. I'm
>thinking it's not a simply as just buying Sony CD player model XYZ-
>123--that record speeds and that sort of stuff get involved.
>
>Help. :)

I have the Panasonic SL-MP70, which cost about $50, and plays CD-RWs,
and decodes MP3 as well. Nice buffer; I've had it crash into the
dashboard and land on the floor in an emergency stop, didn't miss a
byte. It burns batteries faster with CD-RWs (as opposed to CD-R),
though, according to the manual. I'm pretty sure I get about 12 or more
hours of CD-RW reading (MP3) with two NiMH AA batteries.
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