Author Topic: CF Recorder (Read 8343 times)

John R · « **on:** October 16, 2005, 12:23:26 AM »

for recording festivals, and not wanting to buy a bunch of CF cards, i started searching for OTG drives for transfers. I was a little leery of transfer times from the mt2496>OTG drive, hoping not to get caught mid-transfer by the beginning of the next set. i found this with a 30G drive: http://www.qcool.cn/QcoolOTGVI.htm

hopefully it will meet me in suwannee for magfest, and it will do the trick.

madman · « **Reply #1 on:** October 16, 2005, 03:52:01 PM »

That thing looks pretty nice, let us know how it works out.

F.O.Bean · « **Reply #2 on:** October 16, 2005, 05:42:03 PM »

and its powered easily externally w/ 5v's

SWEET find john, how much

looks to be the best between sets transferrer

personally, Im gonna buy 2 4GB cards and not have to worry about transferring THAT fast

svenkid · « **Reply #3 on:** October 16, 2005, 09:53:12 PM »

where are the ins and outs on this beast?

madman · « **Reply #4 on:** October 16, 2005, 10:45:53 PM »

Quote from: svenkid on October 16, 2005, 09:53:12 PM

where are the ins and outs on this beast?

It just takes data off a flash card and puts it onto a hard drive, it's not an audio recorder.

John R · « **Reply #5 on:** October 16, 2005, 11:36:04 PM »

Quote from: Bean on October 16, 2005, 05:42:03 PM

and its powered easily externally w/ 5v's SWEET find john, how much

looks to be the best between sets transferrer

personally, Im gonna buy 2 4GB cards and not have to worry about transferring THAT fast

89.00

F.O.Bean · « **Reply #6 on:** October 17, 2005, 12:10:52 AM »

Quote from: John R on October 16, 2005, 11:36:04 PM

Quote from: Bean on October 16, 2005, 05:42:03 PM
and its powered easily externally w/ 5v's SWEET find john, how much

looks to be the best between sets transferrer

personally, Im gonna buy 2 4GB cards and not have to worry about transferring THAT fast

89.00

thanks bud

seems VERY reasonable, so I bookmarked the page

you figure usb 2.0 card reader+OTG drive=prolly about the same

im sure the card reader+OTG drive would be a lil cheaper, but the all-in-one conveniuence of this thing ROCKS

I'll be getting one for sure

F.O.Bean · « **Reply #7 on:** October 17, 2005, 12:12:11 AM »

john-I'm sure you will, but I'd love some updates of how fast this thing transfers a full 2-4GB

it HAS to be faster than components since its all on-board, wouldnt you think

eupeptic · « **Reply #8 on:** October 17, 2005, 02:56:36 AM »

http://fhoude34.free.fr/PortableHD_Main.htm

Unfortunately this page doesn't have information on plain USB 2.0 OTG drives, but it does have a lot (and I mean a lot!) of good information (either listed on the page or contained in the reviews/discussions that are linked from this page) on a large number of portable storage devices.

And as a quick summary, Savit Micro's Nexto CF and the CompactDrive PD70X are the two fastest PSDs (getting around or greater than 10MB/s with the right CF cards; and to my knowledge they are not sold in North America so you'd have to have them shipped worldwide), there are a few that get around 5MB/s (with the CompactDrive PD7X being a popular model as it's cheap (~$120 US vs about 150 to $180 for the other two - and these prices do not include the internal hard drive!) - but do note the comments under the 'Reliability & Polemic' section in Frederic Houde's review of it), and all the rest (at least those which do have the actual CF to PSD transfer rates listed) are below 3.3MB/s - with a number of them being limited to USB 1.x speeds (1.5MB/s).

kgreener · « **Reply #9 on:** October 17, 2005, 07:41:24 AM »

does this QCool OTG come with a hard drive? according to this review it doesn't:

http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/qcool_iii_on_the_go_usb_portable_card_reader_hd_case_review

John R · « **Reply #10 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:14:41 AM »

Quote from: kgreener on October 17, 2005, 07:41:24 AM

does this QCool OTG come with a hard drive? according to this review it doesn't:

http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/qcool_iii_on_the_go_usb_portable_card_reader_hd_case_review

this one did: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8707494721&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

sorry bean, it started at 89, i paid 102

kgreener · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:27:25 AM »

Quote from: John R on October 17, 2005, 08:14:41 AM

Quote from: kgreener on October 17, 2005, 07:41:24 AM
does this QCool OTG come with a hard drive? according to this review it doesn't:
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/qcool_iii_on_the_go_usb_portable_card_reader_hd_case_review
this one did: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8707494721&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
sorry bean, it started at 89, i paid 102

noice!

John R · « **Reply #12 on:** October 17, 2005, 11:55:35 AM »

Quote from: kgreener on October 17, 2005, 08:27:25 AM

Quote from: John R on October 17, 2005, 08:14:41 AM
Quote from: kgreener on October 17, 2005, 07:41:24 AM
does this QCool OTG come with a hard drive? according to this review it doesn't:
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/qcool_iii_on_the_go_usb_portable_card_reader_hd_case_review
this one did: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8707494721&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
sorry bean, it started at 89, i paid 102

noice!

yeah, i'm digging it. $100 for a reader and 30G, no problem here. i looked at that review site, pretty nice. the top one has fw, sweet. the speed sections are hard to read evenly, since it seems manufacturers use different cards with different speeds(surprise!) the one i got appears to have middle of the road speed from CF>HD. i'll send in reports from the field, as suwannee has wifi.

jr

F.O.Bean · « **Reply #13 on:** October 27, 2005, 10:35:26 PM »

Quote from: John R on October 17, 2005, 11:55:35 AM

Quote from: kgreener on October 17, 2005, 08:27:25 AM
Quote from: John R on October 17, 2005, 08:14:41 AM
Quote from: kgreener on October 17, 2005, 07:41:24 AM
does this QCool OTG come with a hard drive? according to this review it doesn't:
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/qcool_iii_on_the_go_usb_portable_card_reader_hd_case_review
this one did: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8707494721&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
sorry bean, it started at 89, i paid 102

noice!

yeah, i'm digging it. $100 for a reader and 30G, no problem here. i looked at that review site, pretty nice. the top one has fw, sweet. the speed sections are hard to read evenly, since it seems manufacturers use different cards with different speeds(surprise!) the one i got appears to have middle of the road speed from CF>HD. i'll send in reports from the field, as suwannee has wifi.

jr

john, if ya could, would you update me on this cool-ass device? id love to know realtively how quick it transfers and how you like it? looks to be da bomb!

what did you mean when you said yours has middle of the road speed? the card? or the OTG drive?

Thanks,
Bean

John R · « **Reply #14 on:** October 28, 2005, 08:14:18 AM »

Quote from: Bean on October 27, 2005, 10:35:26 PM

Quote from: John R on October 17, 2005, 11:55:35 AM
Quote from: kgreener on October 17, 2005, 08:27:25 AM
Quote from: John R on October 17, 2005, 08:14:41 AM
Quote from: kgreener on October 17, 2005, 07:41:24 AM
does this QCool OTG come with a hard drive? according to this review it doesn't:
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/qcool_iii_on_the_go_usb_portable_card_reader_hd_case_review
this one did: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8707494721&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
sorry bean, it started at 89, i paid 102

noice!

yeah, i'm digging it. $100 for a reader and 30G, no problem here. i looked at that review site, pretty nice. the top one has fw, sweet. the speed sections are hard to read evenly, since it seems manufacturers use different cards with different speeds(surprise!) the one i got appears to have middle of the road speed from CF>HD. i'll send in reports from the field, as suwannee has wifi.

jr

john, if ya could, would you update me on this cool-ass device? id love to know realtively how quick it transfers and how you like it? looks to be da bomb!

what did you mean when you said yours has middle of the road speed? the card? or the OTG drive?

Thanks,
Bean

the card is not slow. the drive runs with medium speed. the page referenced above have specs on many otg readers with many options and speeds. http://fhoude34.free.fr/PortableHD_Main.htm

it isfast enough to transfer between sets, and that's fast enough for me, especially for what i paid

F.O.Bean · « **Reply #15 on:** October 28, 2005, 05:28:36 PM »

+T John, thanks

Could you possibly give me an idea how long it takes to transfer 4GB from CF>HD on it

John R · « **Reply #16 on:** October 28, 2005, 11:50:46 PM »

Quote from: Bean on October 28, 2005, 05:28:36 PM

+T John, thanks

Could you possibly give me an idea how long it takes to transfer 4GB from CF>HD on it

whenever i fill it up i will

Massive Dynamic · « **Reply #17 on:** January 05, 2006, 06:04:55 PM »

Quote from: John R on October 28, 2005, 11:50:46 PM

Quote from: Bean on October 28, 2005, 05:28:36 PM
Could you possibly give me an idea how long it takes to transfer 4GB from CF>HD on it
whenever i fill it up i will

Any news on this? Transfer times and battery life are my concerns with the QCOOL unit. Recording a 5-day festival is easy with DAT, but recording at 24-bit to CF, I might need something better than the QCOOL, maybe the PD70X.

bconnolly · « **Reply #18 on:** January 05, 2006, 06:13:10 PM »

Quote from: CliveStaples on January 05, 2006, 06:04:55 PM

Quote from: John R on October 28, 2005, 11:50:46 PM
Quote from: Bean on October 28, 2005, 05:28:36 PM
Could you possibly give me an idea how long it takes to transfer 4GB from CF>HD on it
whenever i fill it up i will
Any news on this? Transfer times and battery life are my concerns with the QCOOL unit. Recording a 5-day festival is easy with DAT, but recording at 24-bit to CF, I might need something better than the QCOOL, maybe the PD70X.

That's a really neat device. It doesn't come with a HD, though, I don't imagine. I think I might get one of these at some point.

F.O.Bean · « **Reply #19 on:** January 05, 2006, 07:29:06 PM »

thats what im gonna get eventually, and yes they do come w/ HD's, they are just pricey and youre better off putting your own 80GB in or something

those are THE BOMB, at 16MB/Sec transfer speed, its the quickest out at the moment, and looks to be the most rugged/stable as well, but who knows, i havent touched one

Massive Dynamic · « **Reply #20 on:** January 06, 2006, 11:31:08 AM »

After spending some more time online, I found the Digital Photography Review, Storage & Media forum. Lots of informative posts, and the HyperDrive HD80 is similar to the PD70X. I'll be doing a lot more reading before I'll make any recommendations to users here. Seems like there may be Mac compatibility problems, a big deal for me.

bconnolly · « **Reply #21 on:** January 06, 2006, 02:34:31 PM »

Quote from: CliveStaples on January 06, 2006, 11:31:08 AM

After spending some more time online, I found the Digital Photography Review, Storage & Media forum. Lots of informative posts, and the HyperDrive80 like the PD70X, is also made by Sanho. I'll be doing a lot more reading before I'll make any recommendations to users here. Seems like there may be Mac compatibility problems, a big deal for me.

http://www.hyperdrive.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=5&osCsid=cbb559422fd187f9f1e7413078b14561

200 bucks for the 40 gig version sounds like a deal to me. I would never use this thing to store recordings long-term... just need enough to get me through the show (for taping multiple sets). Thanks for the link.