Well it has finally happened. It was on the bottom shelf in a corner like some
kind of piece of crap, but I saw a few Sony R500PCs there. They come with the
analog USB to MD adapter and sell for $180.
Then I went to check on blanks, since it seemed to me that if they sold a
recorder, they should also carry blanks. The only ones that I could find were a
three different color/three pack by Sony. It was either $5.95 or $6.95, don't
remember. 74 minute only (but in LP2 that would be 148 minutes.
On the package for the recorder, it showed that the one MD could hold 4 CDs
(must be in LP4).
The other thing that I saw there and also in Rite Aid Drug stores of all places
is a portable CD player for $80 that will play MP3's. Now I'm beginning to
wonder if it pays to buy an Aiwa MP3/CD car player, which will probably run
about $250, or a regular CD version which they have for only $99 (both have an
AUX jack on the front). For $180.00 I could have a decent plain CD unit in the
car and be able to plug in an MP3/CD player. In MP3, the CD player has 120
seconds of skip protection.
The advantage there is that, I could still use the portable outside of the car.
Of course the Aiwa MP3/CD player is a little better unit (I believe it comes
with a wireless remote that you put on the steering wheel). All of their units
still have an AUX jack, which would allow you to plug in a portable MD unit, no
matter which Aiwa you buy.
Larry
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