Now how is this going to save you a few bucks? Well, for the exact same amount of storage capacity, microSDHCs offer a cheaper solution to Pro Duos -- even if you factor in the price of the adapter. But hang on right there. There's no price yet on the adapter. However, a little rummaging finds the adapter listed on Amazon Japan for ￥990. That's roughly US$9.70. If that estimate holds true for North American consumers, then there's a lot of savings to be had.
[Via DCEmu]
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4-11-2008 @ 1:50AM
JayFight said...
you know i was looking at the sd cards on radioshack.com and i don't know if their price's reflect everyone else's but their 4 gig sd micro was $99 and i bought a 4 gig ms pro duo for only $50 from them like 3 months ago so as i see it it's cheaper right now just to stick with the original memory stick although i've never had to price the sd's before so maybe their site is wrong or some such
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4-11-2008 @ 12:50PM
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) said...
i think thats just Radio Shack on that one. go to newegg.com, you can get SD cards for less than the price it cost to ship them. i would still only buy brands i recognized though.
4-12-2008 @ 12:20PM
FantomRedux said...
I got an 8GB MicroSDHC for ~£30, which is about $60. Cheap as chips :)
4-11-2008 @ 2:00AM
[.sm0ke.] said...
Probably won't work for PlayStation Store stuff since it won't support the MagicGate DRM.
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4-11-2008 @ 2:58AM
daniel-kun said...
Excellent point! This is a MAJOR drawback (to many, at least).
4-11-2008 @ 12:49PM
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) said...
wow that is a great point. i seriously bet nobody else thought of that. they should update the post with a disclaimer or at lease let us know if that is the case or not.
4-11-2008 @ 5:02AM
Ziptrax said...
http://www.mpcomp.co.uk/mpc.php?page=product&product=545645
I bought one of these ages ago, its a 4gb micro-sdhc card and msduo adapter. Works great on my psp. I have since bought an 8gb micro sdhc and that works great in it too, and has no problem with loading speed on anything, in fact it seems faster than my 2gb ms pro duos.
Now all we need is peak to sell just the adapters.
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4-11-2008 @ 6:49AM
Alien said...
I saw one of those for ~ 5$ in Hungary ...
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4-11-2008 @ 11:11AM
Ninjakamster said...
Wow, so these are smaller and cheaper than memory sticks? Why do memory sticks cost more than SD cards?
Also, how would the transfer rate/speed of these microSD cards compare to the memory stick duos? Thanks!
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4-11-2008 @ 1:02PM
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) said...
you know i wonder the same thing. MS seems to be significantly more expensive than SD in general when you compare similar spec offerings. maybe Sony's cost more to make or the brand name is just running it up.
4-11-2008 @ 2:57PM
Extinction said...
It's cause Memory Stick is faster, and has MagicGate security
4-11-2008 @ 11:33AM
Vidaluko said...
I don´t know the speed rates, but in a local store they have some 4GB Transcend microSDHC, at $23.99 (other brands are $39.99)
While my Sandisk Stick Pro Duo 4GB was $50
BTW, the Sony Stick is 60x at the speed rates, and the micro SDHC Transcend is 80x
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4-11-2008 @ 12:04PM
Asaf Singerman said...
I would jump on this, I've got at least 4 or 5 4gb MicroSDHC cards sitting around. At least I would have a use for them.
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4-11-2008 @ 5:05PM
94 taurus owner said...
ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!
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4-11-2008 @ 7:11PM
Dr Haisook said...
Gotta search for one of those asap!!!!!!!
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4-11-2008 @ 7:12PM
Sean jdahsdka said...
Yay! I have a 4 gb I use for my phone (I got it for like $19) that's pretty emtpy. I'd love to use it for my psp.
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4-11-2008 @ 10:43PM
lscythe said...
Here is the manufacturer website:
http://www.photofast.tw/eng/index.htm
If you check out the comments on CR5200 and 5300 at the Amazon jp site, it lists that this is not compatible with MagicGate so no PlayStation Store downloads.
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4-12-2008 @ 12:07PM
du.der.icio.us said...
I got a 4gb pro duo by lexar at frys for $27 last night.
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4-15-2008 @ 1:23PM
Biks said...
dude.. y did u bought lexar..u should have taken sandisk.. thats more reliable...
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5-11-2008 @ 5:07PM
JOCO said...
Hi all.
I just got my micro TF to Pro Duo Memory Stick Adapter, that I ordered from ebay for $6 bucks. I have a SanDisk 2gig micro SD that we got from Radio Shack for $24 and 2 1gig cards I have been using in our cell phones. Well I put the 2gig m/SD in the adapter and that in the PSP and it recognized the micro fine, I formatted the card. I put sum photos on it worked fine loaded the just as fast as a Duo, then I put a 60 min mp3 music mix on it, it plays ok I noticed a buffering pause sum times, now I downloaded a crash 2 game from the Sony store ( we purchased sum time back)
the game takes 5 min to load once it dose it runs choppy and pauses. So am I right to assume the adapter is working fine it’s the data rate of the SanDisk micro SD that is to slow to play game off of right? If so is there faster micro SD cards that will work or is the data rate the same for all the micro SD’s cards?
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