Personally I like San Disk's Memory Stick Duos. I've never had a problem with them in any device (one Sony DSLR, one Sony PS3, two Sony PSPs, two Sony Vaio laptops and one non-Sony built in multi-card reader in a Sager laptop). They are often cheaper and when Sony sticks have been low in supply, instead of paying more for importing, San Disk has been a-plenty.
Sure you're getting ripped off a bit for the proprietary technology, but it's still not *expensive* in any absolute sense. You can get a 4GB stick for 40 bucks shipped. It may not be nearly as cheap as SD, but SD "won" the format war, so of course it's not going to cost as much. 10 bucks a gig for fast, re-writable, portable memory would have been a pipe dream even a year after the PSP launched. I wish the PSP used SD, don't get me wrong, but to act like it's some big burden to shell out for a memory stick? Give me a break.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
X820 @ Mar 24th 2008 2:13AM
Nice!
Aguiluz @ Mar 24th 2008 2:18AM
Portable Movies? = Nice!
Cost of memory sticks to hold data? = Not so nice!
X820 @ Mar 24th 2008 2:39AM
Well I bought my 4gb pro duo for only 39.99. I think that's nice.
caramelzappa @ Mar 24th 2008 3:05AM
Flash memory is actually pretty cheap now.
Jamesology @ Mar 24th 2008 3:52AM
But no matter how cheap it is, for some ppl it is still expensive b/c it has a Sony brand on it.
Yeah the 8gb MS is 89.99 now.
Tony Rayo @ Mar 24th 2008 4:40AM
Personally I like San Disk's Memory Stick Duos. I've never had a problem with them in any device (one Sony DSLR, one Sony PS3, two Sony PSPs, two Sony Vaio laptops and one non-Sony built in multi-card reader in a Sager laptop). They are often cheaper and when Sony sticks have been low in supply, instead of paying more for importing, San Disk has been a-plenty.
Mr. Vage @ Mar 24th 2008 5:46AM
Cheapest 8GB MS Pro Duo from Newegg: $85.99
Cheapest 8GB SDHC from Newegg: $27.99
Realizing that you're getting ripped off by Sony: Priceless
James @ Mar 24th 2008 8:59AM
Sure you're getting ripped off a bit for the proprietary technology, but it's still not *expensive* in any absolute sense. You can get a 4GB stick for 40 bucks shipped. It may not be nearly as cheap as SD, but SD "won" the format war, so of course it's not going to cost as much. 10 bucks a gig for fast, re-writable, portable memory would have been a pipe dream even a year after the PSP launched. I wish the PSP used SD, don't get me wrong, but to act like it's some big burden to shell out for a memory stick? Give me a break.