Armed with a PORTADISC Reporters Kit and a suitably equipped laptop, the journalist now has everything necessary to record, edit and file finished news pieces from the field. Housed in a tough, water and dust-proof Pelican case, the Reporters Kit contains an HHB PORTADISC MDP500 professional portable MiniDisc recorder, Sennheiser MD46 interviewers microphone with cable, universal charger / AC adaptor, two battery caddies, a USB cable and a total of 6 HHB MD80 80 minute high performance MiniDiscs.