http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/ Engadget Comments for Five-port USB hub does SATA and eSATA, too http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://usb.brando.com.hk/

]]>Nov 28th 2007 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/Nov 28th 2007 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/Max USB 2.0 Theoretical Speed: 480 Mb/Sec

The point: If you need to hook up a SATA drive to this thing to get some data off of it real quick, yeah, that'll work, but don't try anything fancy, it'll slow your drive transfer rates significantly.]]>Nov 28th 2007 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/Nov 28th 2007 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/Dec 1st 2007 3:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/80 MB/s is 640 Mb/s. Uppercase Bs are byes, b's are bits. USB will be the limiting factor in reading disks this way.]]>Nov 28th 2007 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/
Oh, no! TCP/IP only works up to 1.5 Mbps! Whatever shall we do? Buy new routers, of course!
...
scale.]]>Nov 28th 2007 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/
It even handles PATA and notebook PATA, plus the aforementioned SATA. it also has a power cord

i dont know what's the big deal with the device in the post, it's more expensive by $20 for the extra USB ports.

p/s search for VANTEC CB-ISATAU2 SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 on newegg to fimd what im talking about]]>Nov 28th 2007 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/Not for everyday use, but an awesome tool in the toolkit.

- mike]]>Nov 28th 2007 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/
the item mentioned in this post is overpriced.]]>Nov 28th 2007 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/
I also use it with a 500GB SATA drive, where I keep my HD movies. Works great that way too, and it's perfectly scalable, I don't have to get any enclosures.]]>Nov 29th 2007 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/Nov 28th 2007 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/Nov 28th 2007 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/ $300 external harddrive enclosure]]>Nov 28th 2007 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/
USB 3.0 is in the works now, and it'll be rated at 4,800 Mb/s (600MB/S)

Now that's an interface I can get behind... so where's the story about that, engadget?

Read about it at Intel.com (Newswire)]]>Nov 28th 2007 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/
mouse with build-in label printer

and the

USB alarm clock blender!]]>Nov 28th 2007 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/
printer-mouse: http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00375&dept_id=015&cat_id=035
blender-clock: http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00364&dept_id=015&cat_id=035]]>Nov 28th 2007 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/Nov 28th 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/
that looks like a deal breaker to me...


wait there it is

# Package Contents:
# USB to SATA/ESATA with 5 USB Ports Combo Hub
# USB Cable
With Power supply Bundle
# Hard Drive Power supply
# Power cord
# 12V/SATA Power Y-Cable ]]>Nov 28th 2007 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/five-port-usb-hub-does-sata-and-esata-too/Nov 28th 2007 6:51PM