Sd Cards

[Hyperpc]

We should post good deals off cheap SDHC Cards so people will have them ready for when the pandora comes out.







PS. Sorry for the rubbish puntutaion and spelling sice am typing on the PS3

 

[xinfernoofdantex]

just head to newegg and get an a-data

 

[kloplop321]

or go to dealram.com
16GB Transcend Secure Digital High Capacity Card (SDHC) Class 6 (LIFETIME GUARANTEE) $61.00 free shipping at http://www.datamemorysystems.com/_memory-i...M55_05991-6.asp
that is the same price I payed for a 4 gig MS pro DUO card half a year ago. I would get it.

 

[atomicthumbs]

I ordered a Patriot card from Newegg.

 

[javaJake]

or go to dealram.com
16GB Transcend Secure Digital High Capacity Card (SDHC) Class 6 (LIFETIME GUARANTEE) $61.00 free shipping at http://www.datamemorysystems.com/_memory-i...M55_05991-6.asp
that is the same price I payed for a 4 gig MS pro DUO card half a year ago. I would get it.



Wow... it's completely worth it to get that. The cheapest, bang-for-buck card I could find was this 8 GB, priced at ~$35 after shipping.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[waffles]

seing as prices drop ridiculously quick and i already have 1 and 2 gb card lying around, i think im going to wait.

 

[bigtruck]

I wonder how long it'll be until 32GB cards are at a reasonable price. Right now they're still ~$275. I'm probably going to buy a 16GB and use the 4GB from my GP2X, and wait until 32GB cards are cheap to replace the 4GB.

Edit: Oh yeah, I read somewhere that currently only 64GB total of SD storage is supported. Will a firmware update be able to increase this once 64GB SD cards exist?

 

[Falcon Delta]

That seems like a great deal, but I'm going to wait and see if the price drops further like Waffles said.

 

[kloplop321]

yeah, but go to dealram.com when the time comes, trust me, their sources are good

 

[Chip]

Edit: Oh yeah, I read somewhere that currently only 64GB total of SD storage is supported. Will a firmware update be able to increase this once 64GB SD cards exist?

There is no hard limit on max card size other than that set by the SDHC standard (2TB theoretical). If you saw a limit somewhere of 64GB total, it was only because larger cards do not currently exist. When they do exist, they will work.

 

[kloplop321]

small small silicon...

 

[PoisonedV]

small small silicon...

Or copper trails?

 

[kloplop321]

or anything that can change polarity in a super small amount of space.
2 terabyte cards that somebody can fit in a small sieve of a belt seems awesome

 

[Chip]

or anything that can change polarity in a super small amount of space.
2 terabyte cards that somebody can fit in a small sieve of a belt seems awesome

That's just the limitation of the format to address memory. There are obviously technological barriers to be overcome before 2TB SD cards could be a possibility. It's just nice to know that Pandora will be able to use those cards if and when they are innovated into existence.

 

[kloplop321]

so then (theoretically) what is the max the Pandora can support with it's expected lifetime taken into account?

 

[PoisonedV]

so then (theoretically) what is the max the Pandora can support with it's expected lifetime taken into account?

By the time pandora is becoming obsolete? Who knows. I assume by then 64 GB ones will be as common as an 8 gig one is now, and the more expensive ones will be in the hundreds. It could be even more of course, I haven't been keeping up on SD cards until recently.

 

[kloplop321]

I see.. I still think that it is lame how companies sell so much for them when material-wise there isn't much in them compared to a rubber duck made in china.

 

[Chip]

I see.. I still think that it is lame how companies sell so much for them when material-wise there isn't much in them compared to a rubber duck made in china.

You're not (only) paying for the materials. You're paying for the rather expensive and delicate process of turning what is essentially sand into a rewritable memory chip with 275 billion gates in a package the size of your thumb nail. You're also paying for the construction of the factory that performs this incredible feat, as well as all the research that went into figuring out how to do it. You need to look at the big picture.

 

[PoisonedV]

I see.. I still think that it is lame how companies sell so much for them when material-wise there isn't much in them compared to a rubber duck made in china.

Yeah, the same with processors, right? I mean its just 1x1 inch, how come they price it so high!?!?!?!?!?!@?!?!?!?
EDIT: Chip said it better and with less sarcastic jeering.

 

[kloplop321]

Yeah, well I say the companies are greedy when it comes to the price, usually the wholesale is 1/4 the price or less when directly from the factory. Processors I can semi-understand as there is a TON of research into them, and they have to be made in air environments that have less than 1E-15% dust in the air with the silicon wafers. However, the price of their greed also goes in there.