I can see where some people run into problems with a 3 minute limitation. However this unit does take any size smart media card, so eventually I'll be buying a 256mb card. A 256mb card allows just over 50 minutes of high quality 16bit 44.1 khz recording, and twice that in the lowest record grade... I think 50 minutes is more than enough.. Found out today that there are 1 gig cards now (but they're new and cost like $500.00) May be a while before I get one of those, but a 256 is in my reach

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