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! !! Zoom H2 !! Zoom H2n !! Zoom H4n !! Sony PCM-M10 !! Sony Minidisc recorders
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| style="text-align: center; width:130px;" | '''Price (Oct 2011)'''|| || 230 || 300 || 300 || not available
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| style="text-align: center; width:130px;" | '''Mic jacks''' || 1/8 || 1/8 || 1/8, XLR || 1/8 || 1/8
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| style="text-align: center; width:130px;" | '''Built-in speaker? || style="background:#FFD8D5" |  ✘ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ || style="background:#FFD8D5; text-align: center;" |  ✘ 
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| style="text-align: center; width:130px;" | '''COPY function?''' || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ 
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| style="text-align: center; width:130px;" | '''DIVIDE function?''' ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ 
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| style="text-align: center; width:130px;" | '''REJOIN function?''' || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔<sup>(1)</sup> ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔<sup>(1)</sup>
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| style="text-align: center; width:130px;" | '''Retain data when battery dies?''' || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ || style="background:#FFD8D5; text-align: center;" |  ✘ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ 
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| style="text-align: center; width:130px;" | '''Usable Track marks?''' ||  style="background:#FFD8D5;" | ✘ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ 
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| style="text-align: center; width:130px;" | '''Remote control''' || style="background:#FFD8D5;" | ✘ || optional ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ 
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| style="text-align: center; width:130px;" | '''Auto/Manual REC switch''' ||style="background:#FFD8D5;" | ✘<sup>(2)</sup> ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ 
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| style="text-align: center; width:130px;" | '''Mic sensitivity switch''' || YES || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ 
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| style="text-align: center; width:30px;" | '''Media''' || || up to 32GB SD cards || up to 32GB SD cards || micro SD cards || mindiscs
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| style="text-align: center; width:30px;" | '''Change playback speed''' || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ (but awkward) ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ (but awkward) ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ 
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| style="text-align: center; width:30px;" | '''Use plugin power''' ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ ||style="background:#EAFF7B;" | ✔ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ || style="background:#FFD8D5;" |  ✘ 
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'''Table Notes'''
# for removing track marks
# No auto record level function. Record volume goes up to 127. Can’t include date in name.

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