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[Sho Nuff]

Er...how is that a problem?

Because if they made it lower spec it would be cheaper and I could buy MORE of them

I realise the only use for the Pro Duo's speeds is for video, but I don't know why you'd need 640x480 30fps if you're only using a Sony camera with a small lens/dinky sensor.

 

[mrklaw]

even dinky lenses are still 2mp. Thats plenty for recording 640x480


I'm looking forward to the next generation of Sony Digital TV recorders (HDD/DVD that sort of thing). I hope they include a memory stick slot and you can set it up to dub straight down to MP4, either at the same time as recording or convert.

 

[Deg]

It'd be nice if they were 20 bucks, but no there's no way they should be 20 bucks atm. That wouldn't even make sense. The hilarious thing is that you're trying to pin this pricing on Sony, as if most flash-based storage devices aren't expensive. 1Gig SD cards cost 50+, and they're no where near as good as Memory Stick Pro Duos.

They are much cheaper however and fulfil people's needs. Besides they can always add a faster version anytime. MMC and Memory stick have too many variations right now. Compatibility isnt great.

 

[iapetus]

Would the people complaining about Sony's memory sticks being overspecced be the same ones complaining about having to buy a new memory stick every year or two if Sony produced memory sticks that were just sufficiently highly specced for today's technologies?

 

[Sho Nuff]

even dinky lenses are still 2mp. Thats plenty for recording 640x480

Yeah, but the lens-sensor combination is far more crucial. Bigger sensor = better image -- that's why a Canon 10D will provide a better image at 6mp than a point-and-shoot Sony at 8mp. The spec is nice, but you'd get a far better image/colour from a traditional DV camera (though you'd lose the progressive). I just don't think the resulting quality is worth the effort/price.

It would be cool if there was a point-and-shoot that provided imagery better than a good 3CCD DV cam. But I digress.

I'm looking forward to the next generation of Sony Digital TV recorders (HDD/DVD that sort of thing). I hope they include a memory stick slot and you can set it up to dub straight down to MP4, either at the same time as recording or convert.

I would buy a PSX in a HEARTBEAT if I could convert my recorded TV programs to watch on my PSP. Seriously.

 

[fugimax]

Anyone know if the high-speed Sony 1GB pro duo sticks work with the PSP? (They're like $300)

 

[duckroll]

Anyone know if the high-speed Sony 1GB pro duo sticks work with the PSP? (They're like $300)

You gotta be careful with the spec. Anything with Duo or Pro Duo on it will work on the PSP, but if it just says Pro, it will not. That's about all there is to it.

 

[Deg]

Would the people complaining about Sony's memory sticks being overspecced be the same ones complaining about having to buy a new memory stick every year or two if Sony produced memory sticks that were just sufficiently highly specced for today's technologies?

the spec is the only thing that matters nevermind other formats existence, cost, compatibilty etc.

 

[Stinkles]

The hilarious thing is that you're trying to pin this pricing on Sony, as if most flash-based storage devices aren't expensive

Well, Sony's identical 512MB pro duo cards cost literally twice as much as SanDisk's. Sony's media is absurdly overpriced. That's part of the reason they have 10% market share in music and less in photography. They need to reset, take a deep breath and realize that they are rubbish at proprietary media and formats.

PSP is a good start too, since it allows drag and drop of Jpegs, MP3s and MP4s. My Wega TV won't show slideshows of memory stick photos unless they were actually taken on a SONY camera. Which is the shittest thing I ever heard of.

I hope the rest of Sony Consumer Electronics takes note if the PSP does well in those arenas. PSP > Sony's other stuff.

 

[fugimax]

My Wega TV won't show slideshows of memory stick photos unless they were actually taken on a SONY camera.

You sure? I doubt the actual photo has anything embedded in it. It's probably just in the directory structure and filenames. You should look into the structure that a Sony camera uses on the memory stick, and then just imitate that yourself and throw your photos in there with the proper names. (Just like to watch videos on PSP, you need to put them in MPROOT/MVN100/ and name them M4VXXXXX.MP4 ... I may have got the directory wrong there, but you get the idea).