> > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/01/18 Thu PM 03:17:00 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Site for comprehensive CF/SD memory tests? > > <Rant> > > I'm finding the Internet and it's search engines increasingly > frustrating. The local Staples has the discontinued Sandisk "Yellow" > gamers 1GB SD cards in stock at a very reasonable price. I've spent > several hours trying to find a comparison test, or even just a > read/write specification, to see if these cards are really any different > from the standard 1GB Sandisk cards, (except for the color of the case > that is). Yes I know, as I said, the price is very attractive but I > have plenty of SD storage at this time. So even if they're cheap I'm > not interested unless they're a little better than bottom of the > barrel. But all I can find is retailers with the usual puff > descriptions, no hard information. > > The Internet used to be good for independent pages with information, > sometimes good sometimes bad posted by everyone and his brother about > any subject, and the search engines, especially Google would find them > and make them available. Now all you get is page after page of huxters, > some with multiple entries all pointing to the same _damned_ useless > pages, (as opposed to just useless pages). > > Sheeish, I must be getting old. > > </rant> > > If anyone actually read this far, I'd appreciate a pointer if there is > such a site, (except Galbbraith of course, I've already got him > bookmarked, and didn't look at these cards, probably because "they're > for gamers").
Sorry I can't help directly but I do feel exactly the same about doing a search and getting a page of results from other search engines. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
