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    Memory Stick 8gb or SDHC 8gb on TZ191?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by calot, Sep 7, 2007.

  1. calot

    calot Notebook Evangelist

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    Im not sure if which one I whould get. Or get both? So I have 16gb extra of space for vids, pics, music, etc. Would it consume a lot of battery? If I have both plugged in at the same time will I have any problems???
     
    calot, Sep 7, 2007
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    I don't believe you need to be concerned about battery use.

    I would be concerned with the transferrates I would get from memorystick. And whopping CPU utilization.

    I've never used it on TZ. I did on other laptops, based on that I guess you're better of using SDHC.
     
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    If I want to use the memory stick for music it wont work? or will it work slowly? I already ordered one :S but for movies I should definetely go with sdhc right? :(
     
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    i think it will be slow, but should be fast enough for music.
     
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  5. calot

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    Well I have an 8gb ipod so I shouldnt need more :D
    Then I will get the SDHC for movies.. or maybe Ill wait for the 16gb release in October. Its gonna be killer having 24 extra gb of storage in two little cards. Technology yay
     
    calot, Sep 7, 2007
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    Anyone tried using a Memory Stick HG card in there? Those cards supposedly can transfer much faster than SDHC, which tops at what 4MB/sec write?
     
    anawrahta, Sep 8, 2007
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    8gb is so expensive :(
     
    miketlo, Sep 8, 2007
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    The SD card performance on TZ is very poor.
    It's very slow on all different speed of SD card.
     
    human668, Sep 8, 2007
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    I have an 8GB HDSC card and it's slow, but it works. One thing that bothered me was whenever you wake the TZ up, it wants you to act on its detected presence (Open Folder, etc.) -- a pain in the ..s. But I'm sure there's a way to turn that off. :)
     
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    uber, is that problem on the memory stick too? Im supposed to get my memory stick 8gb on monday :D
     
    calot, Sep 8, 2007
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    It's the card reader itself, and the limitations of the USB speed on the TZ. It's not that USB is slow, it's that so many devices within the TZ are using it.
     
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    I think so, USB devices must be mounted. :rolleyes:
     
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    Well Ill let you know on monday if I can play movies from it.. Lets hope so!
     
    calot, Sep 9, 2007
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    Carlot, So you are getting the memory stick , okay goooood !

    Now, please tell us (using HD tune if possible www.hdtune.com) your speed !

    I am dying to know some performances of (fastest) card in TZ...

    I know some Sandisk Ultra series states 20MB/s (and really does at this speed using HDtune, but I think they were using the card reader or Firewire)

    I seriosuly don't think you'd have any problems with playing movie, they only use about 4-5MB/s at max?,
    well, I am not sure if can test Blue-Ray trasfer speed !

    very....roughly, any full DVD (say 8.5GB) running for 2 hours,
    can be expressed as 8.5GB / (2x60x60) => 8.5/7200 *1024 = 1.2MB/s
     
    zerodays, Sep 9, 2007
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