Yeah, NOONE should put yup w/ finicky BS like that
I think it was just a god point the OP posted his experiences which such "crappy" gear so no other will do the mistake. The freeze issues and only 16 Bit the Sanyo is definitely out for me (and most TS members). Maybe a new firmware is availiable shortle for it, but on the current state when it stops recording and no one knows why it is rather useless...
Will check how my Yamaha handles with the CA9100 also on a uncritical gig, maybe some others are taping too so thats not the pity when the recording is mashed up. And the Yamaha is one of the better of the USB Stick sized recorders imho.
The Battery issue on the DR-2D was only on origin firmware when it was released. Now the machine is a good runner too.