[GeoStL] Re: NGR: SD vs. CF
- From: "Chris Binder" <cpbinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 12:45:27 -0600
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Possibly...My card's just the standard Type 1, or is it Type A? It was
manufactured in 2003 though. I'm still waiting on a response from the
company. I bought it through Dell though, so maybe that has something to do
with it...probably not. Maybe Dell and SanDisk are sabotaging their cards to
make me buy the more expensive secure digitals... :-)
~Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "BottomFeeder" <BottomFeeder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 11:33 AM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NGR: SD vs. CF
> -
> SD is by design faster than CF.(?) Could be, but I hadn't heard that
> before.
>
> In any case, I have a SanDisk 256mb 'Ultra' CF card that I occasionally
> throw some music on and have never noticed any problem with that. There
are
> different speed cards within the CF lineup as a whole, and I *think* this
> 'Ultra' designation was one of the earlier improvements. Could be that you
> wound up with one of the earliest versions of CF.(?)
>
>
> -= Russ =- (BottomFeeder)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Binder
> > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 10:27
> > To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NGR: SD vs. CF
> >
> >
> > -
> > Thanks glenn...I knew that SecureDigital was faster...now to
> > figure out why my compactflash isn't as fast. :-)
> >
> > ~Chris
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Glenn" <Glenn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Geocaching Newsgroup"
> > <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 10:22 AM
> > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NGR: SD vs. CF
> >
> >
> > > -
> > > I do not know the specific answer to your question but I have a 256
> > > meg Sandisk SD card that i play music from all the time and
> > it works
> > > well for me in the Toshibia...
> > >
> > > glenn
> > >
> > > At 10:16 AM 12/28/2003, Chris Binder wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a Dell Axim and I have a 256 MB Sandisk CompactFlash
> > > > card. This holds everything I want on it, but when I try
> > and store
> > > > music, the playback gets really choppy. A few threads on
> > > > <http://www.aximsite.com>www.aximsite.com say something about
> > > > CompactFlash not being fast enough and that SanDisk is an inferior
> > brand.
> > > > Is this true? Would anyone hazard a guess to how fast CF
> > cards are read?
> > > > More posts on AximSite mention Secure Digital cards
> > being faster
> > than
> > > > CompactFlash because they were designed for music. Then
> > they mention
> > > > to not get SanDisk either. I don't know if SanDisk cards
> > are plagued
> > > > by a shortage of speed or if CompactFlash in general is
> > just slow. I
> > > > send an e-mail to SanDisk support, I should get a
> > response on either
> > > > Monday or
> > Tuesday.
> > > > Does anyone have a Lexar 128 MB Secure Digital or
> > CompactFlash
> > > > card? If so, are they fast enough to store and play MP3 files? Do
> > > > they perform
> > well?
> > > >
> > > >~Chris
> > >
> > > ----------------
> > > Glenn
> > >
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