1GB CompactFlash Card -- $199.99 After $50 Mail-In Rebate

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?dpno=133437' target='_blank'>http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/det...asp?dpno=133437</a><br /><br /></div>"Looking to pay less for quality memory? GVP has simplified your search. Save time and money by selecting GVP memory! All flash memory cards sold through our GVP program are manufactured by reputable, long-standing companies that use quality components. When you order a GVP flash memory card, you will not receive a product with the GVP brand name. You will instead receive the branded product of the manufacturer that GVP has determined to be it's greatest value. When you buy a GVP flash memory card, we guarantee you a Great Value Product!"<br /><br /><img src="http://image1.cc-inc.com/prod/133000/133437_lg.jpg" />

[Jonathan1]

Guys what is the quality of these no name memory brands? I mean generally aren't they all made at the same plant just branded diff? Or am I mistaken?

Value is a great thing but I get twitchy when a product's price gets too low. It almost suggests, to me, that they _COULD_ be cutting corners somewhere to get that price down. Any thoughts or am I looking a gift horse in the mouth?

[Gremmie]

Ya, they are typically come from a few plants. Usually store branded memory (Best Buy, CompUSA) is either PNY or Lexar. Everything, including the boxing, is the same, just different memory.

I would tend to agree about being iffy on such a deal, but seeing that other brand names have had cheap 1GB CF, I think that the technology has become cheaper without cutting corners.

[sweetpete]

keep in mind that they say they will ship a branded product. they don't mention what brands, but they say they all carry 5 yr warranties from the manufacturer.

at this price i think it is too good to pass up.

[cyj]

There was some discussion a week or two ago when SanDisk dropped the price on their 1 gb CF card and a lot of people were referring to this site:

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/

In general, I probably agree that CF cards are going to be pretty sturdy, long-lasting, etc. I don't claim to understand the technical side of the question but after looking at the above site, I think I would prefer not to get a SanDisk but instead one of the other brands with better write/performance stats.

If ecost.com would tell us some of the manufacturers I might bite, but since they don't I would prefer to wait until I know what I'm buying.

[stevemac]

What sort of access rate do you get on it tho??

It would take a while to fill it with music or such.

[StarkAZ75]

I've got an "off brand" 128 MB CF card that I bought at Fry's Electronics about a year and a half ago, and I've never had any problems with it. I've run 20fps videos at 64kbps audio from it with no distortion from my Axim. I've even accidently left this card in my pants and put it in the washer, and it still works fine. It was in the little plastic box that they all come in. So, I'd tend to think that for the most part, price is the major factor when I buy cards.

[sweetpete]

There was some discussion a week or two ago when SanDisk dropped the price on their 1 gb CF card and a lot of people were referring to this site:

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/

In general, I probably agree that CF cards are going to be pretty sturdy, long-lasting, etc. I don't claim to understand the technical side of the question but after looking at the above site, I think I would prefer not to get a SanDisk but instead one of the other brands with better write/performance stats.

If ecost.com would tell us some of the manufacturers I might bite, but since they don't I would prefer to wait until I know what I'm buying.
cyj,

just like any memory and technology, cf cards do have different speeds and qualities. i think if you are wanting a multi-use card for use with digicams as well as ppc's then you're better off purchasing the x rated media (i.e. lexar)to get maximum performance , but for most ppc users, i think this is a great deal.

[3xistenz]

Would have to agree with Pete there. If I'm not wrong, you won't notice to difference in terms of read/write performance of your CF on your PDA unless you are using it in your digicam.

[Timothy Rapson]

This is the huge breakthrough price, I have been waiting for. At 1 gig for $100, a person can store the 25+ CDs worth of music that would allow me a real selection of my own music in my own pocket all the time.

But, guess who was lied to by Sony and has a lame 128 meg memory stick?! :x

This tempts me to get my mono IPaq out and carry it just as a music player. I was considering a Sony MiniDisc, but that purchase is definitely not happening after what Sony did to me with the Memory Stick.

I don't often say anything like this: "This makes me wish I was one of you lucky PPC owners." :D

[Thoughtful Guy]

This is the huge breakthrough price, I have been waiting for. At 1 gig for $100, a person can store the 25+ CDs worth of music that would allow me a real selection of my own music in my own pocket all the time.

But, guess who was lied to by Sony and has a lame 128 meg memory stick?! :x

This tempts me to get my mono IPaq out and carry it just as a music player. I was considering a Sony MiniDisc, but that purchase is definitely not happening after what Sony did to me with the Memory Stick.

I don't often say anything like this: "This makes me wish I was one of you lucky PPC owners." :D

Yeah, Sony lied to me too. That's why, when searching for a new PDA (from a Palm), I skipped the entire Clie line and ended up with a PPC. I also hopped on one of the digicam deals from Dell and switched to a Canon with CF memory and am ditching my Sony camera.

I hope enough of us switch to make Sony hurt. Proprietary technology is fine but it still needs to be competitive!

[Jonathan1]

Spent 1 grand on my Cybershot 707 from Sony. Ya its not the most expensive model from them but its a fair chunk of change. And its not like its totally useless but from my point of view it steams me that after 1 year of ownership it's memory is now defunct. :? I swear on a stack of Pocket PCs, bibles, Korans, US constitutions, and the deed to my house that I WILL NEVER again purchase anything that is Memory Stick enabled. Sure I can go out and buy 8x 128MB sticks for $80, which would also be dramatically pricier then this card, but its ridiculous to carry that many around when you have something like this 1GB wonder. Never again. Fool me once...........

[Santa Fe]

Why does everyone market with the mail-in rebate hook? Self evident answer I know but so far I'm not batting a very good average getting rebate checks or when I do its been so long ago I've almost for got about them.

[MonkeyGrass]

Well if the folks here are any indication of what Sony has done to their *loyal* fan base, then I think it may just have an impact.

I switched to PPC(after no less than 3 Clie's) once two things became very apparent to me.

1) We were blatantly LIED to about the larger Memory Sticks. It's one thing to leave stuff up in the air, in regards to forthcoming technology, but when you POST that info on a website, PROMISE your customers that are paying a premium for your proprietary format, that the new sticks are coming, then yank the whole concept and basically give the *finger* to everyone who bought in, well that's a company I will no longer do business with. At least not with ANY Sony memory or storage format, EVER again.

2) Including the CF WLAN slot in the newer Clie's made it strikingly obvious to me that the WiFI memory stick was nothing more than a pipe dream. Now, I am forced to upgrade to a $600+ brick-ass clamshell of a device to have the OPTION to spend $150 or more to get WiFi, and access to larger Memory Sticks. 8O What a crock. At this point, we're talking about $800+ (for the lower line NX60, even) to get a PalmOS5 device with WiFi and decent data storage. And for the last time - I DON'T WANT A CAMERA ON MY PDA!!! And even if I did, the inclusion of a fully functional CF slot would give me OPTIONS to do whatever I wanted in that area.

I had to get off the SonyCoaster. The ride is not even close to worth the premium price of admission anymore. :evil:

Goodbye Clie - hello PPC! Where I can get a 1 GB CF card for under $200!!! That's what I'm talking about! Add integrated WiFi, SD/CF dual mem slots, all the same graphic and audio capabilities that I enjoyed from my 665 - THIS is where it's at.

All the Sony sheep keep telling themselves "Oh it's coming it's coming - the new MS's are almost here" "I can't wait to spend $880 on a 1GB MS IF and WHEN they EVER come out!!!" "Please, Sony, I have nothing better to do with my cash than spend FOUR TIMES the cost of every other PDA or flash memory on the market because I love that little SONY logo - it means I'm cool and sexy!!" :roll:

[Marcel_Proust]

They haven't processed the product for Canadian shipping yet.
Does anyone know of a source that will ship to Canada of cheap 1 gb?

[PetiteFlower]

Well, granted I wouldn't buy ANY product with proprietary memory, but Sony isn't ALL bad. I love my PS2 :)

[Merlion]

There was some discussion a week or two ago when SanDisk dropped the price on their 1 gb CF card and a lot of people were referring to this site:

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/

In general, I probably agree that CF cards are going to be pretty sturdy, long-lasting, etc. I don't claim to understand the technical side of the question but after looking at the above site, I think I would prefer not to get a SanDisk but instead one of the other brands with better write/performance stats.

If ecost.com would tell us some of the manufacturers I might bite, but since they don't I would prefer to wait until I know what I'm buying.

I'm the one who wrote to Jason about this deal yesterday & asked about this GVP CF card. I mentioned that Web page (http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare) you've mentioned & also this CompactFlash Performance Database webpage (http://www.robgalbraith.com/media/compactflash/index.html) showing that Sandisk's CF cards are significantly slower than others. It seemed that any CF card, as long as it's not from Sandisk, even if it's a no-name brand, can easily out-performed Sandisk's CFs. So, if I can ascertain that those GVP cards are not Sandisk's, I'll go for them given the price point. I'm looking for a good deal on a 1GB CF-I card that is at least of average performance. It'll be used more with my digicam than with my PPC.

[Marcel_Proust]

it seems that with soem of the sandisk
s you have you make sure you are not getting type II

[Jonathan1]

Is there a benchmark page for SD cards? I never knew there was an actual speed diff in CF cards. I wonder if its the same with SD. :?:

[bbarker]

There was a long discussion about a year ago, either here or on Brighthand, about how some CF memory cards take more battery power than others. New Egg was selling bargain-priced (for then) Mr. Flash brand memory cards. Many people bought them and then reported that they sucked battery life. I bought a 256MB card for my Jornada. I like the capacity and I haven't had any problems with the card, but it does seem to use more power than my 160MB Lexar card.

Does anyone know the status of this issue?

[Jonathon Watkins]

Don't forget you can get a 1Gb CF (Scandisk) card from Dell for $210 without any rebates.

Look here:

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/sna.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~folder=topic&~topic=dhs_axim_accessories

(Sorry Pony - can't remember how to make it 'look nice' :?

[Ivanna Tinkle]

[quote="Jason Dunn"]"Looking to pay less for quality memory? GVP has simplified your search. Save time and money by selecting GVP memory! All flash memory cards sold through our GVP program are manufactured by reputable, long-standing companies that use quality components. When you order a GVP flash memory card, you will not receive a product with the GVP brand name. You will instead receive the branded product of the manufacturer that GVP has determined to be it's greatest value. When you buy a GVP flash memory card, we guarantee you a Great Value Product!"

Well I just recieved my card, and the card shipped was a Viking. Ordered it on Friday afternoon and with the free ground shipping it arrived in Ohio on Tuesday!