- Heck, if you still have the 'bad' one, why not? SanDisk is one of those brands that I hear numerous complaints about. But I've never been sure if the number of complaints is high because they're the biggest seller out there (you see there cards available *everywhere*) and hence have the biggest market share, or whether it's because their quality truly is lacking. MY SanDisk 'Ultra' CF card has never given me a lick of trouble....even if that is just one more piece of anecdotal evidence. -= Russ =- (BottomFeeder) > -----Original Message----- > From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Binder > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 19:34 > To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NGR: SD vs CF speeds > > > - > I got a response from SanDisk today and they're willing to > replace the card...but I just bought another type of card, > made by another brand. The C/F card works fine for storing > documents, photos, etc... Should I replace the card if it's > working fine otherwise? > > ~Chris > > > > > > From: "BottomFeeder" <BottomFeeder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: 2003/12/30 Tue PM 08:13:31 EST > > To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NGR: SD vs CF speeds > > > > - > > > > > > > > -= Russ =- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Binder > > > > > > - > > > I dunno if that person knows what they're talking about. > > > > Could be....could be. > > > > But it could also be the guy on Aximsite doesn't have a clue. > > > > I mean, if he thinks using CF cards in a digital camera > (one of their > > first significant uses) is 'basically general storage', > then I do have > > to question his knowledge. The ability to write data to the card > > *quickly* for that purpose is very important. Ya just can't take > > another pic until the last one is written to the card (or at least > > such was the case 'back in the day'....these days, most if not all > > digicams have a buffer that allows at least some data to be stored > > until it's written to the card). > > > > Ask yourself..... > > > > How many I/O devices do you see in SD format? Things like > GPS cards, > > modems, etc. How many digital cameras come with SD slots? Not many. > > There are a *few*, but at this point few and far between. > By contrast, > > there are a quite of few of these type devices available in > SD format. > > > > But go back and read the response I quoted. The truly > operative phrase > > in that was that all ppc's only support 1-bit speeds > anyway. If that's > > true, then the speed of the card is almost irrelevant, no? > > > > It sounds to me like you just got unlucky with your first > CF card. If > > you bounce around the 'Net enough, you'll run across all sorts of > > reports of some brands of either format working better with some > > brands of pda's (or digital cameras) than others, some brands of > > either format just seem to have a higher failure rate in > > general...yada yada Yoda. > > > > Russ (BottomFeeder) > > > > > > > > > > > "CompactFlash was initially made for photos, documents, and > > > notes. Basically general storage. The Ultra (10x) cards can > > > play music. SecureDigital cards were initally made for music > > > and fast transfers. I hope that answers your question." > > > > > > FWIW, I bought a SD card, and it plays music just fine. It's > > > even better than the internal storage on my dell axim. I > > > tried the C/F card again, and it doesn't want to play music > > > back anymore. So, I'm just using that for documents and > > > programs and the SD card will be used for music. > > > > > > ~Chris > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "BottomFeeder" <BottomFeeder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: "Geocaching List" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 7:20 AM > > > Subject: [GeoStL] NGR: SD vs CF speeds > > > > > > > > > - > > > FWIW, I was curious about the question of expansion card > > > speeds discussed a couple days ago, and as I had no clue > > > myself about the potential speeds of either, I posted a > > > question in a forum on one of my fave pocketpc sites. 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