not sure exactly to the penny, but somewhere around £85 or so i'd say. plus customs could whack an import duty on top of that also. seems a bit hit and miss whether they do or not. email or msn [EMAIL PROTECTED] cheers - kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnathan Richards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 5:37 PM Subject: Re: Read and write audio cassettes on a pc
> Hi everyone I'm in England can someone help me I'm interested in the Tape > deck drive for your computer can someone translate it over for me into £ > from $ > > The price is $149.99 can some one get that translated over to UK British £ > please > > Thanks from John and guide dog Iris > E-mail Address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Schwery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 12:49 PM > Subject: Fwd: Read and write audio cassettes on a pc > > > > This looks interesting. Here is a cassette drive that one installs into a > > pc. > > > > Text of forwarded message follows: > > > > > >>>Subject: Read and write audio cassettes on a pc > >>>http://www.computeramerica.com/content/columns/craig/2004/2004-10-25.htm > >>>> > >>>>Craig Crossman, National Newspaper Computer Columnist > >>>> > >>>>CASSETTES ARE NEVER COMING BACK > >>>> > >>>>We live in a digital age and no where is that more apparent than in the > >>>>world of recorded music. Analog media such as vinyl records and cassette > >>>>tapes are all but extinct. Walk in to any record store today and all you > >>>>see are CDs and DVDs. MP3 music files stream over the Internet, to be > >>>>down loaded in to tiny MP3 players we carry in our pockets, stored on > >>>>hard disk drives in our computers and burned onto optical media to be > >>>>played on our stereo equipment. > >>>>Yet you are out there and you all know who you are. You're the ones that > >>>>still have a huge music collection of hundreds, even thousands of > >>>>cassette tapes stored in closets, in storage boxes, or stacked neatly on > >>>>tiny little shelves in some kind of display case. And while you may > >>>>still locate some one to maintain your antique cassette player, you know > >>>>that eventually your valuable collection is doomed to go the way of the > >>>>78 RPM record and 8 Track tape. And that doesn't even factor in the fact > >>>>that the magnetic tape inside all of your cassettes will eventually > >>>>decompose and become useless any way. > >>>>But fear not as there remains hope for your rapidly deteriorating > >>>>cassette tape collection. Now there is the PlusDeck 2 made by BTO which > >>>>stands for Beyond The Ordinary. The PlusDeck 2 is a fully functional > >>>>cassette deck for your personal computer. The PlusDeck 2 is an internal > >>>>drive that fits in to one of the available 5.25 drive bays inside your > >>>>PC. After installation, you simply insert a cassette in to the drive. > >>>>The included recording software allows you to transfer all of the music > >>>>from the cassette directly to your computer's hard drive and converts it > >>>>in to MP3 or WAV files. Once converted, you can do any thing with the > >>>>files that you can do with any other digitally encoded music. > >>>>The entire process of transferring a tape's contents to the computer > >>>>only requires a few clicks of the mouse. Part of what makes it easy to > >>>>convert the entire contents of a single tape is that the PlusDeck 2 > >>>>plays and records with Auto Reverse. You can easily play or record on > >>>>sides A and B of the tape without ejecting it. On the down side, > >>>>according to the company there is no support for cassettes that used > >>>>some of the more advanced recording tape such as chrome or metal tapes. > >>>>And tapes encoded with Dolby Noise Reduction are not supported either. > >>>>However, you should be able to compensate for some of the loss of > >>>>frequency response by using most any digital recording software that > >>>>offers graphic equalization and sound filters. > >>>>But even though the PlusDeck 2 falls a bit short, it's still a viable > >>>>option if you own a large collection of music on cassettes. Plus you can > >>>>use the PlusDeck 2 as a standard cassette player. Just pop one in and > >>>>listen to the music directly from the tape through your PC's speakers. > >>>>And if you just can't ever let go of the medium, you can actually take > >>>>all of your computer's audio files and record them on to blank cassettes > >>>>you insert in to the PlusDeck 2 if you can still find any. With the > >>>>PlusDeck 2, at least you'll be able to play, store, preserve and enhance > >>>>your cassette tape collection and bring your whole cassette library in > >>>>to the standards of the present day. $149.99. > >>>>http://www.plusdeck.com > >>>>Craig Crossman is a Knight Ridder newspaper columnist writing about > >>>>computers and technology. He also hosts the nation's longest running > >>>>nationally syndicated radio talk show on computers and technology, > >>>>Computer America, heard on the Business Talk Radio net work week nights > >>>>at 10PM ET. In South Florida, you can hear a rebroadcast of a selected > >>>>Computer America show each Sunday evening at 8PM ET on WJNO 1290AM. > >> > > End of forwarded message text: > > > > John > > > > Very funny Scotty ... now beam down my clothes ! > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
