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Are There MP3/CD Player Combinations?

Posted by Cliff on from the this-would-be-cool dept.

This is a two-fold question. Someone asked me a while ago if combination MP3/CD Players existed. I haven't heard of any, but that doesn't mean that they aren't out there. Now there are portable CD players and portable MP3 players, but has someone out there actually put the two together in a nice affordable unit? Who makes it? Where can I find them? How much do they cost? Here's a slightly related question from JDALaRose: "I'm interested in the opinions of fellow Slashdotters as regards which of the portable MP3 players are the best in terms of not being SDMI compliant, or at least not restrictively so. Thoughts?"

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  1. Why does slashdot ask questions already answered? by pkj · · Score: 5
    I mean, you guys post articles, but do you actually ever read them, or search slashdot itself to see what has already been posted?

    On jan 14, 2000, this article was posted about the Apex player. There have since been several followup articles posted about the legality of the Apex, and there are about a bazillion other web sites with info about it. Heck Circuit City now even advertises that this thing plays MP3s

    Even earilier than that, back on Sep 9, 1999, slashdot posted this story on the Pine unit. Now, the Pine unit has not hit the market yet, but it any many similar units can be found in the MP3 hardware section on mp3.com

    There are now probably about a half dozen other units similar to the Pine unit (their names and URLs have already been posted by people more eager than myself) but also like the Pine unit none of them have actually made it to the streets yet. Had the poster asked what was actually *available* or reviews of the available units, that would have been a different story entirely.

    I mean, it's bad enough when people post stupidly obvious questions to usenet or to mailing lists (questions that can be answered with a simple web search or by looking in very obvious locations) but when these things start getting posted as slashdot feature stories... sheesh...

    -p.

  2. A Comprehensive list by Carnage4Life · · Score: 5

    Terratec CD/MP3 Player

    Mambox portable MP3/CD Player

    Pine Technology (MP3 Audio): D'music SM-200C Portable MP3/Audio CD Player

    netDrives CD/MP3 player Brujo



  3. Pine Portable MP3/CD Player by arbitrary · · Score: 5

    Check it out ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/000227-000009.html Featured @ CeBIT -- looks promising -arbi.