There have been attempts to crack those stereotypes, but if anything, it's even harder than it was in Hendrix's day, a time when AM Top 40 had plenty of variety, free-form FM radio welcomed experimenting and record labels strained to catch up with it all.

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The MX does what other Windows machines can do, but also lets you record and play TV, DVDs, CDs, FM radio, MiniDiscs and Memory Sticks and, with the help of optional wireless networking, send TV over the ether to a computer in another room.

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Otherwise, we're still looking at the same 1.3-inch OLED display, line-in recording including the ability to record in WMA stereo via an external mic, an FM tuner, and about 20 hours of music playback.

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It's got an FM radio tuner, MiniDisc player and DVD player and recorder, plus will play and record music CDs.

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