[Gllug] [OT] CF card mp3 players?

[farnsaw at stonedoor.com]

>> 1) CF card format is older and will probably be phased out before SD 
>> so if you are starting new better to start with SD.

>CF card format is based around PCMCIA IDE storage, this means you can
plug it 
>into an IDE controller with a suitable connector. I reckon it will last
longer 
>in the market place as all pro/semi-pro digital SLR cameras use CF, and
also
> the CF type II form factor has many more expansions like wireless lan
and
> bluetooth cards available to buy. Either way, by the time it becomes
obsolete
> I reckon that SD will also be obsolete so I don't think you are saving
much
> via trying to futureproof this way as the price/capacity will drop too
quickly.

I do believe that I stand corrected on this.  I didn't know that the CF
format was based around IDE which explains why you can get microdrives
for it.  Bluetooth is also available in SD/MMC format and I believe that
WiFi is also available in SD/MMC format.

>> 3) More products are coming out that support SD rather than CF.

>I dispute this. Most of the kit I want to buy uses CF, nothing I
> want to buy has only an SD slot they also have a CF slot (although
> the new nokia communicators do have SD I guess, but I don't know if
> I want one yet as they aren't released).

This one I'll argue :)  Based on individual wants it depends on the kit
you want in the (near) future.  Most everything I want is of the small
hand held variety and as such has SD rather than CF expandability.  If
the kit you want has the CF connector, then that is what you should get
:)

>> 4) SD cards are smaller.

> I presume you mean form factor, not in capcity, you can get 4GB CF
> cards now, it seems the biggest SD card you can get is 1GB, this
> makes a big difference to me.

Yes, I was talking form factor.  Though it also (currently) applies to
maximum capacity as well in which case it is not a "pro" but a "con".
CF cards are more flexible in this context as you also have the
microdrive CF card available.

>> 5) I have seen "USB Pen drive" sized SD card readers, CF card readers

>> are more like cigarette pack sized.

> I have a CF card reader here that is about the size of a CF card with
> a usb plug on the end, much much smaller than a box of cigarettes,
> more like the size of a match box.

I have never seen these and didn't know they existed.  Again, I stand
corrected.

I guess the answer really comes down to the individual needs of the
user, which is what most things come to.

Andrew Farnsworth


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