Marantz PMD620 Professional Handheld Recorder

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This product can only be ordered by phone. Please call us at 866-SHIP-SDM (744-7736).

Overall User Ratings

Overall:: 6.4 out of 10
Quality:: 8 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 4 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 8 out of 10

Features:: 7 out of 10
Value:: 6 out of 10
Sound:: 8 out of 10
Manufacturer Support:: 4 out of 10

User Reviews for Marantz PMD620 Professional Handheld Recorder

Overall:: 6 out of 10
Features:: 7 out of 10
Quality:: 8 out of 10
Value:: 6 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 4 out of 10
Sound:: 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 8 out of 10
Manufacturer Support:: 4 out of 10

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By a customer from yahoo.com

Submitted: 10/10/2008

Experience: Live sound Engineer

"Do not purchase low cost memory for this..."

Sound:

sound is clear and good

Feature:

Good features but not the best available, easy to use, expensive compaired to other options

Manufacturer Support:

This recorder has a problem with the firmware update. Certain types of SD memory it simply does not like, these including Transcend and Kingston. (Problem did not seem to exist with the original firmware) Any file over several minutes in length (aren't they all) will not play on your PC until you go back and try to play the file on the recorder itself first. When you do this, a small window comes saying 'restore' only then the file will play (Most of the time). Tech support was of no help. Only recommended we don't use these brands. They also say they have not heard of the problem before. However, if the problem is not known, then how does the recorder know to 'restore' the file when you try to play it? This 'restore' function MUST be written into the latest firmware update to happen. Naughty, naughty, being deceptive to the customer... I am not discouraging anyone from getting this, it's just that if a problem exists, (and it's known by the manufacturer) they have to correct it, or advise to not purchase some types of memory. Get Sandisk only for this... Some technical information: http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.arts.movies.production.sound/2008-03/msg00862.html RR

Value:

would not get again. Many other competing products are available.