[GeoStL] Re: NGR: SD vs CF speeds

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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. The 
> > > following is the response I received.......
> > > 
> > > "I understand that SD is 1bit interface and CF is 4bit
> > > interface, therefore CF is still faster than SD. however 
> > > Panasonic's SD is the only SD that is 4bit hence the 10mbps. 
> > > the rest are still 2mbps. all PPCs only support 1bit at 
> the moment."
> > > 
> > > 
> > >      -= Russ =-  (BottomFeeder)
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