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| 1127857 | 2010-08-15 03:43:00 | Regarding all-in-one card readers. Do you have to pay big dollars to get a good one or do the cheap ones work just as well. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1127858 | 2010-08-15 03:48:00 | If you mean memory card readers, there's nothing wrong with the cheap ones. I'm using an internal Apacer reader. Only cost $25 I think it was. It may not read every card but it supports SDHC (high capacity cards). And has a spare USB port. So depending on what you get (if you want it to read high capacity cards, make sure it supports SDHC). Or it cant / wont read them The printer here has a card reader too, but I think I'll change it. It uses too much ink |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1127859 | 2010-08-15 04:21:00 | This type of thing. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1127860 | 2010-08-15 04:38:00 | Are you going to get internal or external? Either should work fine | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1127861 | 2010-08-15 05:18:00 | External, then I can use it anywhere. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1127862 | 2010-08-15 05:21:00 | Good point. Altho dont plug it into a hub. It may not work properly | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1127863 | 2010-08-15 05:50:00 | the same really for most people. unless you are a photography enthusiast (bit like a gamer with their video cards :confused: and the like). some of the very expensive readers can take full advantage of the expensive cards - think Sandisk Extreme Memory Cards equipped with a Extreme Series memory card reader. Or be it Firewire. I was told that readers minimise wear and tear and battery, but more impt, if your camera runs out of battery you could corrupt and lose your photographs. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1127864 | 2010-08-15 07:13:00 | I like buying new gadgets but they always seem to have different memory cards. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1127865 | 2010-08-15 08:09:00 | Something like this will suit I believe: www.ascent.co.nz Takes 48 different cards. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1127866 | 2010-08-15 08:30:00 | I have a rather cheap card reader, but it works well . Uses a chip from Alcor Micro . You can install a driver to get some custom icons but I found the driver would cause BSoD after resuming from hibernation, and it's not needed to use the reader so I got rid of it . It supports SD\MMC\CF\MD\SM\XD\MS\MSPRO . (Out of those, I've only ever used CF and SD so far . . ) - not sure about SDHC support . It's got a USB port at the front as well, which is nice . I only have two issues . 1) The PCB and enclosure are designed in a very stupid way, where one of the bare metal supports for the PCB is right over the pins for the 'Busy' LED . Their answer: hot glue . Because the PCB moves around when you plug things in, eventually the glue wore away, shorted one of the pins to ground and the LED stayed on all the time . While it wasn't a problem electrically, it was clearly a stupid design . I solved it by replacing the glue with a few layers of electrical insulation tape . 2) The compact flash slot is mounted so far forward that they snap the side guides off . This makes it quite hard to line the CF cards up with the pins so you don't screw something up . I'm used to it now, but definitely not something most people will want to play with . Other than that it was very cheap ($10 or so) and has worked well for several years . Even with its design faults it still works well, and is definitely worth it (to me) for that price . |
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