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05/02/2005 02:10:21 PM · #1 |
Just curious if anyone has run into any really good card readers out there? Excpetional in price, performance, form factor etc.
--CoztheGrov
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05/02/2005 02:15:52 PM · #2 |
| The one I may buy to replace my current USB model is the Lexar RW019 firewire reader. It's the same one that Rob Galbraith uses in his card-to-computer speed tests for cF cards. It does run about $40 USD though. |
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05/02/2005 02:17:28 PM · #3 |
I've been quite happy with my Lexar firewire reader.
//www.lexarmedia.com/readers/firewire.html
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05/02/2005 02:20:21 PM · #4 |
All I can about card reader is Firewire, Firewire, Firewire.
If you have a firewire port you really owe it to yourself to get a firewire reader.
I have the Lexar Compact Flash reader in Firewire, and I also have a USB 2.0 reader. In head to head tests, using the same files, the Firewire smokes the USB. It really is no contest. |
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05/02/2005 02:25:47 PM · #5 |
| I use my printer (HP PSC 1610) as a card reader and it works quite well...better than my old stand alone one. |
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05/02/2005 02:25:52 PM · #6 |
Add me to the list of happy Lexar Firewire card reader owners. TheNerds.net sells them for $36.
Message edited by author 2005-05-02 14:28:03. |
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05/02/2005 05:04:12 PM · #7 |
| I bought the Sandisk CF only flash reader, it's simple, easy, fast. I have a multi-card reader on my printer as well, but it's not as quick and/or portable. :) |
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05/02/2005 05:20:57 PM · #8 |
I love my Zio! It needs a driver but if PC is on the internet it'll download it and install it automatically. Newer one may not need driver, not sure.
//www.dpreview.com/news/0006/00062707microtechzio.asp
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05/02/2005 05:50:09 PM · #9 |
| My Lexar USB 2 Multi-Card reader works very well and is available at Wal-Mart for around $25. |
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05/02/2005 05:55:28 PM · #10 |
if you're really looking for that extra ounce of speed, just research a little...
make sure you're getting a true USB 2.0 device. many are in fact what was called USB 1.1 (but as this was confusing, the standards council made it okay to call it 2.0 - but it's not the 2.0 performance - !@#$% idiots) |
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05/02/2005 07:46:27 PM · #11 |
The card reader on my Canon Pixma 6000D printer :P
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05/02/2005 08:04:15 PM · #12 |
| USB 1 and 2 will give bursts of speed, where as firewire gives a constant performance :) |
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05/02/2005 08:39:37 PM · #13 |
| USB 2.0 I believe can do a 400mb sustained speed...but I could be wrong |
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05/02/2005 08:43:23 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by theSaj:
USB 2.0 I believe can do a 400mb sustained speed...but I could be wrong |
That is in fact the quoted "max speed" for USB 2.0, which should equate to 50MB/s. In fact, though, all the USB 2.0 readers seem to be only a fraction this fast. My Sandisk reader transfers at about 3.5MB/s (28Mb/s) which is quite a bit faster than USB 1.1, but nowhere near the theoretical limit.
A good firewire reader, OTOH, will transfer at well over 10MB/s (>80Mb/s) and that's limited by the card.
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05/03/2005 11:57:11 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by theSaj:
make sure you're getting a true USB 2.0 device. many are in fact what was called USB 1.1 (but as this was confusing, the standards council made it okay to call it 2.0 - but it's not the 2.0 performance - !@#$% idiots) |
More specifically, USB 2.0 Full Speed is the same as the original USB 1.1 specification, 12Mbps max. USB 2.0 Hi-Speed is the 480 MBps spec. Devices should be labeled one way or the other, or just ask.
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05/10/2005 08:25:05 PM · #16 |
| thanks everyone. i'm going firewire. i'm addicted to speed. |
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