Hi John, I'm cautious as well. Somewhere in the past year or so I discovered that even name brand cards may be made by other companies, and that what you expect inside in the way of quality isn't always there. I'm certainly not in a position to take apart cards to see what's inside as I have done with other products. However, at least with the name brand you may have some more recourse.
New Egg sells Transcend amongst other brands. When I first heard of Transcend a few years ago, I was skeptical, but have since gotten positive feedback from those who have used the cards. I've been happy with my Transcend purchase, but I suspect I'd be just as happy with Kingston. The Lexar Memory Stick card that I have, even though I bought the then premium version, is slower to download and write to in the computer than two other brands ... but it is a durable card and fits snugly in a slot that some other cards, including Sony, wiggle around in. Anyway, as they say, you pays yer money and you makes yer choice. Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 2/26/2006 2:29:51 PM > Subject: Re: More pics on PMA > > > I'm cautious - probably overly so. > I want my memory to say Lexar, Sandisk (or, last time, Kingston). > Just like I insisted on buying IBM/Hitachi branded Microdrives. > But, as I say, in a year or so I expect that even name-brand 4GB > SD media will be considerably cheaper than that. > > > > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 01:51:27PM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > New Egg has two or three 4BG SD cards listed on their site, all for around > > $200.00 or less. I'm sure other places have cards as well. > > > > Shel > > > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: John Francis > > > > > I'll have to buy totally new media. Currently 4GB SD cards don't > > > seem to be available, so I'd have to buy three or four 2GB cards. > >
