Which Ds Slot One Device?

[loz_the_guru]

I cant for the life of me work out the pros and cons of any of the current batch of slot 1 ds homebrew solutions. They all seem to be exactly the same, so out of the R4DS, M3 and the EZFLASH V, which would you choose and why?

 

[yoyoyoyoyoyoyo]

Do you care about homebrew?

 

[loz_the_guru]

honestly? no.

 

[Mosch]

R4DS and M3 Simply are exactly the same s far as I know and only differ in the firmware. I have heard of slowdown issues on the Supercard Slot 1 and some M3/R4DS seem to have problems with the transflash holder assembly. There seem to be no grave differrences between the products though - however the Supercard seems impossible to get right now.
Personally I have ordered an M3 Simply for 32€... should arrive this week or the next. As soon as I have it I can provide you with a review if you want me to.

 

[chaos engineer]

I have got a m3 simply with a 2gig card, it works perfectly, not troubles at all

 

[skysnapper]

as mosch said the R4DS are basically the same card.In fact there was a mod until they recently changed it that allowed you to mod them back and vice versa.

Going for the R4DS as its slightly cheaper and it get updates before the M3. You will notice that as soon as a firmware update comes out for R4DS it will be followed a day later by the M3. M3 are just licensing or rebadging something to that effect the R4DS.

 

[loz_the_guru]

Cheers guys, so you wouldnt be swayed by 'the m3 has been around longer and will have better support in the long-term' argument? I have to admit id never really heard of the R4 before now but im familiar with the M3 brand.

 

[chaos engineer]

This Site here is quite helpful, it even explains how to convert a m3 to a r4 by means of removing a soldering bridge.

 

[loz_the_guru]

cheers for the help guys, went ahead and ordered an R4, hope its okay.

 

[Ravnos]

Let us know how it works out.

 

[loz_the_guru]

sure will

 

[purple_goat]

just ordered a r4ds
dealextreme.com $30 shipped

 

[loz_the_guru]

Anyone know how to replace the skin of the R4? Mines not arrived yet but hopefully will be soon and I want to have my SD card ready to go! A link to an online guide/brief explanation would be cool.

 

[purple_goat]

I'm not sure but I think you put the skin files in _system_ in the root..
goto mavisxp.com for skins
(if the youtube link didn't work go here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HacsUaTBbE, I don't endorse the david hasselhoff skin..)

 

[gaterooze]

Does the R4 run homebrew without any problems (not backups, actual homebrew)?

edit: and is the M3 Simply any better for such purposes?

edit^2: nevermind, I found the answer: DLDI.