Hi Jody

If you intend to play RFB&D CDs you will probably have to buy a CD
player from them.  Their CDs have copy protection so that they will
not play on a CD player without a special modification.  With the
shift from tapes to CDs RFB&D will have special offers on plyers over
the next few months.

I have been receiving tapes from RFB&D for 20 years but when they
discontinue the tapes in July I will stop using their service.  It is
not worth the trouble and cost to use their  CDs with the excessive
copy protection system they have adopted.

I have a Plextor which is very like the Victor.  The speed and pitch
control is essential if you play a lot of audio books and you will not
have this feature in a standard CD player.

Cheers

Russ





 or send the player you buy to them for modification.  RFB&D have
adopted DRM and their CDs will only play in CD players with a

On 3/2/07, Lynn Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Oh you are so twentieth century.
>
> By the time you read this the CD may have gone the way of the LP and the doe
> doe bird.  Flash memory drives are dropping in price as we speak.
>
>
>
> How much money do you have to spend? Of course by now you realize that when
> purchasing a product designed for V I folks like us we end up paying extra.
>
>
>
> You could just buy the brand name Sony or Panasonic after first playing
> around with them at your local big box store. However you may have trouble
> finding a stand-alone CD player. I bought a low-end clam like player and it
> is now sitting on the back shelf. It had six buttons and ran through too
> many AA cell batteries.
>
>
>
> On the other end of the spectrum is the Victor Reader ClassicX + from
> HumanWare.  T(ttp://humanware.ca/web/en/p_DP_VR_ClassicPlus.asp
>
> I called this the CD player on steroids.
>
>
>
> You will be able to listen to music CD, MP3, DAISY format, store baught
> books on CD. I have been using one for six months now and it is quite nice.
>
>
>
>
> From: "Jody W Ianuzzi" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:38 PM
> Subject: [VICUG-L] CD players
>
>
> : Hi everyone,
> :
> : I am embarrassed to admit this because I am such a gadget freak, but I
> have
> : been behind in getting a CD player to listen to audio books.  I have still
> : been listening to books on tape.  I just read that RFB&D will not be
> : providing books on tape and in 4 months books will only be available on
> CD.
> :
> : I would appreciate hearing of your recommendations of CD players for audio
> : books.  Any machines better then others?
> :
> : Thank you,
> :
> : JODY
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