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SD Mermory vs MMC Memory ??????

Nov 24, 2003 4:47AM PST

Have a camcorder that can use SD memory or MMC memory for still photo storage.

What are the pro's and con's of each????

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Re:SD Mermory vs MMC Memory ??????
Nov 24, 2003 5:21AM PST

"What are the pro's and con's of each????"

You mean the people who sell such things won't tell?

I won't either, but will note that SD Memory can be faster.

Bob

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Great answer???? What the heck are these forums for????????
Nov 24, 2003 8:03AM PST

To be told to go look it up somewhere.?????????

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Re:Great answer???? What the heck are these forums for????????
Nov 24, 2003 9:19AM PST

To converse. The gritty information is out there, but to boil it down is what I did. You know me. I don't like to duplicate prior works, but will try to boil it down to one liners.

Too succient? Let me ask this then. Why aren't the suppliers of these things able to talk to people on the subject? I usually end up by saying "Thank you, I've got to leave now." and walking away when confronted with the now accepted robo-sales-droids. And this happens even at the trade-shows.

Your request could have been that you wanted the detailed papers on the MMC and SD devices. Which maybe I should have noted that all you can digest is over at Sandisk's web site.

Is that what you want to know?

Bob

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BS. You know d-d well that these forums have no search capability.
Nov 24, 2003 9:30AM PST

You may have posted the info 600 times and there would be no way for me to know it. Feel free to ignore any post that I make in any forum. your cryptic answers are becoming a waste of time.

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And you have Google.
Nov 24, 2003 9:58AM PST

You know I teach fishing and will not share my fish unless you are without a fishing pole.

You should ask a more specific question about SD and MMC. Comparing the two for all differences is not what I will write about. I noted the one thing that makes a difference to me. What else is there?

-> I did write that the SD memory was faster. I don't see how this is cryptic.

Bob

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Re: And you have Google.
Sep 29, 2004 6:47AM PDT

I was doing research on this subject before my next memory purchase and there is another important issue with SD.

SD has a "Copyright protection mechanism" buildt into it that is part of the next generation of hardware based copyright protection and there are some potential issues that arise form this (aside from the issue of duplicating copyrighted material). The most important one to me is the potential problem of using my SD in multiple equipment. For instance my digital camera and my PDA as well as a multi card reader on my lap top.

THe question then: are these issues that might plague me because of this software that is resident on all new SD memory?

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First hand...
Sep 29, 2004 8:09AM PDT

I do some Palm development and use SD cards. In all my travels the security aspect has never caused a problem and has never been used.

Of course, just because that I haven't found a Martian writing software in Seattle doesn't prove that there isn't one. Point? I think you need to get a new SDCARD and use it.

Bob

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Re: SD and MP3
Sep 29, 2004 8:28AM PDT

Let's say I OWN a CD and I copy it into MP3 on my laptop but want to listen to it on my PDA using SD. Wil the SD cause a problem with this?

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Re: SD and MP3 = No issues here or heard of.
Sep 29, 2004 8:45AM PDT

Be aware that somewhere there could be one person in England in a pub with this issue, but they aren't talking about it.

In short, not a known issue.

Bob

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Fish
Apr 29, 2006 1:35AM PDT

People on forums are usually asking for help, not cryptograms.

You need to find another place to fish and teach.

Your answers are out of line buddy.

Dave

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In short.
Apr 29, 2006 1:53AM PDT

You could pitch in and help. But didn't.

Bob