{"id":7852,"date":"2002-10-30T15:40:08","date_gmt":"2002-10-30T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=7852"},"modified":"2002-10-30T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2002-10-30T15:40:08","slug":"mp3-goes-retro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=7852","title":{"rendered":"MP3 Goes “Retro”"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you couldn’t tell what’s on my X-mas wishlist, here’s another hint. This is the new Archos<\/a> hard-drive-based MP3 player. Sporting a new look much like their new Multimedia player<\/a> (except with a monochrome screen rather than a color one), this 20 gig MP3-only player, imaginatively called the Jukebox FM Recorder 20<\/a> is sleeker than previous units at only 4.45″ x 3.11″ x 1.18.” That’s not iPod size, but not too bad, either. Price is only $300, significantly less than the iPod. <\/p>\n

More than just the shape has changed from the old Archos Jukebox — it now uses USB 2.0 for fast transfering of MP3s from PC, and it also records MP3s from any source including the built-in FM tuner. It also has this very cool feature called “retro-recording” which means that if you’re listening to the radio and decide after<\/i> the song starts that you want to record it, you press record and the unit will record from 30 seconds before you hit the button! I think this must work through some faster-than-light technology, but the company’s keeping mum about any violation of the laws of physics. Actually, it sort of reminds me of an idea I had a few years ago about a device that would constantly record the last 30 seconds of your own conversations, so that if somebody said something you thought you might want to remember later, you’d just press a button to save that part, effectively creating a retro-voice reminder. I should have patented the concept….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you couldn’t tell what’s on my X-mas wishlist, here’s another hint. This is the new Archos hard-drive-based MP3 player. Sporting a new look much like their new Multimedia player (except with a monochrome screen rather than a color one), this 20 gig MP3-only player, imaginatively called the Jukebox FM Recorder 20 is sleeker than … <\/p>\n

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