Is there a portable recorder with mic-in for with 700 hours of recording capacity?

[gamefreakgcb]

My friend is going to the university for his last year and wants to record one subject and it totals somewhere around 600 to 700 hours for the whole year. His problem is that he is not computer friendly and has a hard time getting around technology. I have seen 1 or 2 HD based recorders that can handle the task but they didnt have a mic jack. Something that is just press and record and than save. Renaming files, grouping them in to folders and such. And the recorders I saw were about $300 so he can afford them. Also if nothing is found can the Line-IN jack be used with a battery powered mic?

 

[kranky]

Why not get a digital voice recorder like the Olympus DM-20 or other similar device? That Olympus can record 45 hours of voice (8khz sampling rate) in either MP3 or WMA format. He shouldn't need a device that stores all 600+ hours.

Once he makes a recording, he can use a USB cable to move it to the PC where it can be manipulated any way he wants to, freeing up the space on the voice recorder for the next session.

At that bit rate, 700 hours of recording will take up about 2 GB of storage.

 

[AStar617]

DAT Walkman FTW!

I love my TCD-D8.

 

[gamefreakgcb]

Yes well as you may have noted above he isn't very good around computers, you can even say he cant use a computer. That is why I am looking for something with 700 hours or more of recording capacity unit. The one I have seen was a 20GB unit which could do it but it didn't have a mic-in.
Edit: This one

 

[Kelvrick]

Laptop ftw.

To elaborate, some older maybe 500mhz - 1ghz laptop with a 40gb hd maybe, buy another like 20-30 dollar piece of software. If you have to, buy an external enclosure and whatever else hd you want.

 

[kranky]

I would use a laptop myself, and I think it's a good idea, but the OP said the user is not good with technology.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: kranky
I would use a laptop myself, and I think it's a good idea, but the OP said the user is not good with technology.

It could be made really simple though. Start the program when windows starts up so it takes up the whole screen, and as long as the interface is ok, it shouldn't be anything more complicated then having pressing the record button, pressing the stop button, then saving it to the default directory (my documents probably).

 

[gamefreakgcb]

Im sorry I forgot to mention portability is a key issue as well. I like this one. $300-400 is the spending budget but it does not have a mic jack both the players I mentioned have Line-IN jacks only. Is it possible to use a self powered mic in these things? I especially am inclined to the neuros if that is possible and its a 40GB HD and 3rd party supported ofiicially too.

 

[Koing]

Portable MD recorder + MD discs. He can store his discs also he if he loses the player he doens't lose EVERYTHING.

MD's are pretty cheap imo and are great.

Koing

 

[gamefreakgcb]

I have the MZ-RH10 and I hate it. The transfer rate sucks. DRM is a piece of crap that wont let me transfer my own stuff to another computer once I have it on my comp. SonicStage is the worst peice of crap software I have ever seen. Basicaly I am looking for a HD-Based recorder and want to know if a mic can be used in a Line-IN jack.

 

[gamefreakgcb]

This Is even nicer. Again no Mic-IN Jack.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

What good is making all the recordings if he has no means to edit or organize them?

 

[TallBill]

Get a smaller unit, and have them get over their pc retardedness. How are they going to function at a real job if they cant save and move files.

Jesus, even in the army USB flash sticks are a must.

 

[funkymatt]

YGPM

 

Portable DAT recorder or Minidisk.

 

[Looney]

Can't you get an ipod and one of those ipod mics?

 

[xSauronx]

sounds like your friend neets a pencil and a few notebooks

otherwise he seems to have plenty of motivation to learn to use a damn pc already. its 2005, theyre not going anywhere and hed be better off learning to use it *now* instead of later.

 

[cmdrmoocow]

Just get one of those old tape recorders and get him a bunch of tapes.

Plain, simple, and easy to use. You wont even have to teach him anything.

It's also dirt cheap.