On Fri, 26 May 2000, Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
>
> * Ed Heckman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 26 May 2000
> | -- The R50 can be charged while playing or recording. The R90 cannot.
>
> Given the R50's woefully short battery life, it needs this. The R90's NiMH
> cell lasts three to five times as long as the R50's NiCD cell. Charge
> while playing is unnecessary on the R90.
the R50's battery life is not "woefully short". The R55 is/was short.
>
> | -- The remote on the R90 does not have a track mark button. The R50 does.
>
> The remote has nothing to do with the unit. In fact, the R50's remote can
> be used with the R90 and vice-versa.
true, but why remove a useful feature from the remote?
>
> | -- The R50 had a thumb wheel. The R90 has a jog lever. I definitely
> | prefer the thumb wheel when creating titles.
>
> The R50's thumbscrew is worse than the R30's. The R90's jog lever is much
> better at preventing repetative stress pain.
I've yet to have RSI caused by titling with my R50, but I have used
the R90, and the lever is not as nice for feedback as the wheel is...
>
> | -- The R90 is MUCH more sluggish than the R50 in startup and track seek
> | times. (R90 Startup = 8 sec. R50 Startup = 2 sec.)
>
> This is the only misfeature on the R90, and a small price to pay for more
> than 10 hours of playback battery life on the tiny NiMH cell.
Serious mis-feature. New hardware should be better than the previous
generations. It's smaller, lighter, and SLOWER! (also more prone to skips
from the reports on this list, and on usenet)
>
> | -- The placement and shape of the main buttons (Play, Stop, FFwd, and
> | Rwnd) on the R50 is much better than those of the R90.
>
> Not really. And the R50's buttons are smaller.
>
> | -- The track mark placement on the R90 is less precise than the R50.
>
> If that degree of precision is a requirement, why aren't you using a studio
> deck for editing?
Why should the newer (and assumed therefore better) equipment, not measure
up to it's predecessor? The R50 was quite accurate, why should the R90
be less so?
-Jeffrey
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