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    Talking 2TB SD cards coming down the track

    http://www.dpreview.com/news/0901/09010803sdxc.asp

    laptops, cameras, video, batteries - going to have quite some effect, IMHO

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    Re: 2TB SD cards coming down the track

    It's all well and good making provision for addressing 2TB, but chip makers now have to deliver chips that can do it, at the specified data rates.
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    Re: 2TB SD cards coming down the track

    well how about they manage a much smaller 128GB card first, that'll be much more useful right now

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    Re: 2TB SD cards coming down the track

    Big woop, SDHC was/is still capable of reaching 2TB theoretically whats changed?, its not going to happen straight away.

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    Post 2TB SD/"mu"card

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08...iwan_mem_card/

    Wanted to post this info, but searched Hexus - and this thread already exists. The original post's link is more comprehensive, but tReg might summarise it better.

    One thing, if the claimed "120MBps" (rising to 300, according to fuddam's source,) is true, then I'd be delighted.

    I think this will help people like me who'd, ideally, want to take a HD Camcorder away for the weekend (then "edit out" the bits I don't want).

    I will likely eed more than one battery pack, though...

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    Re: 2TB SD cards coming down the track

    Blimey, SD cards going into the TB. I'm still operating in MB haha. That's impressive.

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    Re: 2TB SD cards coming down the track

    I'd hate to see the price, Still some years away though I imagine, 64GB cards are still like £70?

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    Re: 2TB SD cards coming down the track

    Quote Originally Posted by PeterStoba View Post
    I'd hate to see the price, Still some years away though I imagine, 64GB cards are still like £70?
    If you go by the principle of "smaller is better" (I know there's an opposite principle - pick the one you prefer, and stop moaning), then 64GB for £70 in such a small "shell" is quite competitive.

    Still expensive though. Maybe this new technology will be cheaper than SD to produce, and result in lower prices. We'll have to wait and see.

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    Re: 2TB SD cards coming down the track

    Quote Originally Posted by baius View Post
    Still expensive though. Maybe this new technology will be cheaper than SD to produce, and result in lower prices. We'll have to wait and see.
    It's not a new technology, it's just an extension to the SD standard so that cards can reach a maximum of 2TB and devices can read them.

    It's like when SATA-3 drives start appearing. SATA-3 won't magically make drives cheaper or faster, it's just a new version of the same protocal used to transfer the data between drive and controller. This is the same thing.

    And yes a 2TB SD card would be horrifically expensive just now, but they can't make them, so don't worry about it. Eventually 2TB cards will be available, and their price when they are released will be about the same as a top of the line 64GB card now.

    This is exactly the same as hard drives. When they were released 1TB drives were about £200. Now 2TB drives are starting to appear they are coming in at about £200.

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