Flash is really the way to go, hard drives make noise during recordings, they also wont survive a drop. Flash used to not provide much space but now you can easily get several gig which is all the first hard drives offered. Hard drives also drain batteries much quicker than flash based units. _____ From: blindcasting-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blindcasting-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Djd Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 5:23 AM To: blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Potential new digital Voice Recorder/MP3 player I'd pay for a unit like that, but without the memory cards. That is, if it were a hard-drive based player, even if that meant I had to pay a little extra, I'd go for it. Not sure if it's the book port or currier, but one of them I know takes those cards that you have to put in in order to play or store anything. I'm looking for something hard-drive based like the Archose or I-river, just for an example. From Djd **** If you're tired of hearing the same old songs on the radio, feel free to check out my internet radio show The Djd Invasion. I play anything from the rock and pop hits of the past, to the tunes of today, and songs from around the world. I can be heard on Sundays from 2 to 4 PM eastern at http://interactive.acbradio.org or on Wednesday nights from 9 to 11 PM eastern on http://www.jammin853.com Feel free to check out my web site for more details about the show at http://djdrocks2k.wdjm3.com