Sony TCM-50DV

sound, battery

value for money

75% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

This recorder is very sensitive and you don't need to sit in front of the lecture hall in order to get good sound. Excellent voice quality. However, I am concerned about the $300 price here. I paid about $120 from Best Buy last year. Must be an...

I love this cassette recorder. I never record on it - only listen to recorded books, and it's perfect for that. The sound is excellent, battery life is good, and it has switch to change the tape direction. Wish I'd bought three.

this is used to play back radio traffic in my area. It does the job well, the batteries last at least 16 hours during playback. good job with this product sony!

I bought this recorder because my 5 year old Sony TCS-100DV broke, and because it looks that nobody but Sony makes tape recorders with autoreverse. On the plus side, this model uses AA batteries instead of AAA and it's a lot cheaper; on the minus, I...

The adaptor was wrong for this cassette recorder...Amazon needs to add the right adaptor number that works with this recorder..

This cassette recorder is good with Sony's clear voice recording. The speakers are OK except when you turn it pass "4" on the volume dial, you can feel the the speakers' vibration.

I used this voice recorder to record meetings, and lectures. It picks up the speakers' voices very clearly. I am extremely pleased with this product.

I bought the 500DV about 3 years ago and have used it everywhere for everything. I made tapes. I listened to Books on Tape. I used it with headphones; I listened to the integrated speakers. I played it in hotel rooms, airplanes, the desert, the snow,...

The only review of this recorder (Sony TCM-500DV) says that the recorder and appropriate adaptor "have been discontinued." According to Sony, neither is the case. The recorder is still available as is the appropriate Sony Worldwide AC Power Adaptor,...