keep in mind that 8gb SDHC is like $10, and 16 and 32 gb are cheap and common these days, so double or x4 those times for most users
sdhc is small, cheap, and efficient, is currently my media of choice (16GB in the size of a postage stamp, for $50 , and falling every day, are you kidding?!?) we dreamed about this years ago!
im sure sdhc is much cheaper to implement than a hard-drive that sucks power and creates heat.
a lot of people love the sound devices unit, but imo that unit could be improved if the cost savings from eliminating features like the (redundant) hard drive setup could be used toward better sounding conveters and pres. I'm big on simple, clean sound with LESS bells and whistles.
How much capacity for stereo?
Regards
Dan Lavry
Credit to Rick in another thread for posting:
Recording Time using 8 GB SDHC card
16 bit/44.1kHz : 755 minutes (Stereo), 377 minutes (4ch)
16 bit/48kHz : 694 minutes (Stereo), 347 minutes (4ch)
24 bit/48kHz : 462 minutes (Stereo), 231 minutes (4ch)
24 bit/96kHz : 231 minutes (Stereo), 115 minutes (4ch)
24 bit/192kHz : 115 minutes (Stereo)
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--Michael