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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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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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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>> 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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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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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 :-/
Last edited by: spamcan61 on Mon 19 Apr 10 at 16:05
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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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I've used mymemory.co.uk. Competitive prices and fast delivery.
JH
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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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SD Memory cards - TimOrridge
