Am Dienstag, den 05.09.2006, 05:32 -0400 schrieb Igor Roshchin: > Shel, > > Hyperdrive HD80 is the same as Compactdrive PD70X, both manufactured > by Sanho. > It is a complicated story which you can read by bits and pieces > from various threads here: > http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/forum.asp?forum=1023 > In short, HD80 is manufactured for US and sold in the US by Hyperdrive, > while CompactDrive is the label manufactured for Asia (and maybe > elsewhere), but also can be exported to the US. > Hyperdrive and Compactdrive are sister-companies. > > Overall, people refer to this device as being fast and reliable. > NB: You cannot use an HDD larger than 120GB (due to addressing issues) > (more exactly that is the largest HDD with which you can use the total > capacity) > So, whoever said about a 160GB HDD was not quite correct. > Some models of HD80 (40 and 80 GB) are sold by B&H and Adorama (and > elsewhere) while the rest are available only directly from Hyperdrive. > Customer support is reportedly mostly reasonable, but sporadic. > Sometimes Hyperdrive has some models on backorder. > > As for other brand names, I'd consider Wolverine FlashPak 7in1 (available > online and at Fry's Electronics), which is rebadged Vosonic, > if I am not mistaking, VP2160 XS-DRIVE II PLUS. > I've used the Wolverine, and it is fine, but a bit too slow. > THere is also tiny EZDigiMagic. There was something I didn't like > about its specs/features. > For other VOsonics see: > http://www.vosonic.co.uk/storage.htm > > If you want to be able to review the images: > Epson P-4000 Photoviewer (reads RAW as well) (or earlier P-2000 series), > or some of the Vosonics: > http://www.vosonic.co.uk/mmviewer.htm > > Unfortunately, Hyper/Compactdrive never brought out on the market the > MD80 model which was supposed to be as fast as HD80, but smaller. > Reportedly, they've been having problems. > http://www.compactdrive.com/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=29 > (It was presented at a show in December 2005 or January 2006, and first > was promised for February, then for May, and ... still not there.) > There is also a 'german' version available: http://www.imagetank.de/imagetank.htm
I have the older version an do not like the very poor build-quality. The connector for the AC-Adaptor was broken very easy. Reinhard > HTH, > > Igor > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
