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Thread Author: borasport	Replies: 8

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Mon 19 Apr 10 11:52

SD Memory cards - borasport

What's the difference between SD and SDHC - what does 'class 6' mean ?

What's the best place to get cheapish 16gb cards, and is it worth paying more for a known brand or are they all the same anyway.

n.b. They are only ever going to be used as temporary storage to listed to audiobooks in the car

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Mon 19 Apr 10 12:05

SD Memory cards - TimOrridge

SDHC just means "High Capacity 2GB +" and but a lot of older devices wont see the extra capacity over 2GB. Class 6 means transfer rates of 6MB/per sec. As for brands I have had a SANDISK branded and it has lasted me nearly 3 years and has been in cameras, photo frames and my satnav and still works fine. If you are only dealing with audio books and they are backed up go for a ebuyer extra value type card?

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Mon 19 Apr 10 12:47

SD Memory cards - smokie

Also play.com usually have reasonable prices. I don't think you'd need particularly high transfer rates for your needs. Higher rates are required when dealing with photography and video.

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Mon 19 Apr 10 13:00

SD Memory cards - rtj70

>> a lot of older devices wont see the extra capacity over 2GB

Some card readers and devices won't be able to access SDHC cards at all. I know my card reader won't. My TomTom 720 will read them but cannot write to them.

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Mon 19 Apr 10 13:14

SD Memory cards - lancara

Have a Garmin 205W and have no problems using a 4gb SD card - have the full City Navigator Europe plus Topo España together with the usual safety camera and numerous POI files.

Have a bog-standard 8gb card in the camera - normally use it for landscapes, etc., with no problems; however was out on the final stage of the Castilla & Leon cycle race yesterday and found you need the higher speed rating card to use the continuous frame rate setting without the camera buffer filling-up

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Mon 19 Apr 10 16:02

SD Memory cards - spamcan61

For the sake of maximum compatibility I'd go with a 2GB SD card like this:-

www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=102042

However a 4GB SDHC card will give you more GB per pound, at the expense of limited compatibility with older card readers / PCs etc.:-

www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=102082

P.S. - just thining, about a year ago I bought a 5 pack of those Kingston 2GB cards for 14 quid :-/

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Mon 19 Apr 10 16:54

SD Memory cards - Iffy

I've had good service from: www.memorybits.co.uk/

They do what it says on the tin.

Last edited by: ifithelps on Mon 19 Apr 10 at 16:55

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Mon 19 Apr 10 18:01

SD Memory cards - Tooslow

I've used mymemory.co.uk. Competitive prices and fast delivery.
JH

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Mon 19 Apr 10 23:30

SD Memory cards - Stuartli

SDHC represents Secure Digital High Capacity (memory cards) with a minimum capacity of 4GB - older devices supporting SD specifications 1.0 and 1.1 will not be able to be used with SDHC cards.

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