Hi Dave I recently purchased a Vosonic x's drive vp6230. Recently had a laptop problem, and the shop replaced my hard disk with a new one a couple of weeks after I bought a new one. So having a spare lying around, thought it wouldn't cost that much to get the 'enclosure'.
I bought it from www.techrific.com.au (not only was it the cheapest I found it, but came with a spare battery and cigarette lighter adapter, earphones and remote too, and was shipped free and quickly in Australia). First up, the drive used is a 2.5" notebook hdd, not a 3.5" (I've got a Samsung 80gb 5400rpm installed). I love it and really should have bought it sooner. It's got a colour preview screen, not to mention slots for CF and SD/MMS/MS and SM. Doesn't require a connection to a pc, nor does it need to be plugged in to a wall power socket. And it also functions as a card reader (the CF and SD slots are detected as separate drives in explorer (win2k). Transfer is very fast from CF or SD to drive (tested with Sandisk Extreme I 1gb CF, and Sandisk 1gb sd), and even faster to a computer (USB2.0). Sound quality on mp3 playback isn't too bad, despite a couple of early reviews I read that said it wasn't fantastic. I haven't tested the sound recorder function yet. Video playback on the screen is acceptable, but there's no support yet for wmv.. I hope they'll fix it in a firmware update. I've formatted the drive to FAT32 so as a result I've got 80Gb in something like 30/30/20. I know there's a way to keep it as a single partition, but figured it'd be a bit fidgety and this way i can use each partition for something specific e.g. from my dslr, from a digital compact, and general harddrive storage. I remember it didn't want to format to NTFS, but that's ok because if it was NTFS i wouldn't be able to write files to it from my housemate's mac. The buttons/navigation feels feels slightly primitive, but it does what I need it to I guess. Pictures of the casing also looks a bit deceptive. I thought it's be brushed metal or similar, but it's a plastic casing made to look like brushed metal. Also another gripe is not having a keylock button. I once had it accidentally turn on while in the case and it pushed against something. Was a bit worried when I felt the zipped up case warm (had been on possibly 20-30 minutes?) but was fine. I'd highly recommend one of them as a storage solution- cost per GB and convenience, it's fantastic. Hope this helps! Cheers, Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 7:25 AM Subject: Re: OT: 4gb CF bargain > Has anyone used one of those portable hard drive enclosures with the > slots for SD/CF cards? You install your own 3.5" hard drive I've seen > them online in a few spots, and was wondering if they are any good. > > > dk > > On 10/23/05, Glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 05:55 PM 10/23/2005, William Robb wrote: > > > > > We may get lucky and Pentax will see fit to put a dual card slot onto > > the next generation of DSLR cameras. > > > > Personally, I would prefer an SD slot, along with some way to connect a > > common external hard drive directly to the camera, for the purpose of > > dumping the contents of the SD card. I don't think we should have to buy > > specialized portable drives which are made to for this purpose. Those cost > > more than generic hard drives. In a perfect world, the camera should have > > enough intelligence to backup the contents of the SD card to a generic hard > > drive without needing a specialized device. > > > > > > take care, > > Glen > > > > > >
