Prices sure have gone down on the SD Cards. Staples is offering the 512 for under $30 during their after Thanksgiving Sale.

Fran in Florida

Geee, thats cheap Are they on the net?

Ken,

Staples are U.S. stores but should ship international. Try www.staples.com for their recent Sales Flyer.

Fran in Florida

In UK a 256MB SD card is available for £17.07 + carriage (Next day delivery): http://www.pcnextday.co.uk/product_detail.asp?stype=5&productcode=1333-1040


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Willum

That was the price of my 64MB card last year - amazing ! Must buy one and download some new styles .

Tony

SD CARDS CASHBACK

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Hi All,

On the strength of Fran's information I went post haste to our nearest Staples and guess what? I was told they do not even stock 512Mb SD cards but they are available at £89.00..... typical English pricing isn't it fellow countrymen.

Aud

Hi Audrey,
512 MB SD card available here for £28.08 incl VAT - postage extra : http://www.pcnextday.co.uk/product_detai...C&pgroup=MEMFLS

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Willum

Is my face RED! I said 512 when I should have typed 256.

However the 512 is available in the U.S. for under $65.

Forgive the old man..it is almost Christmas.

Fran in Florida

Hi Bill

The SD Card ( 512MB PQI SD Secure Digital
PRODUCT CODE 1333-1050 ) looks a good deal - have you tried this card ? as i think some cards are incompatible with KN7000 - could you let me know as i will probably buy one if it is compatible .

Thanks

Tony

Hi to all of you

In Canada we have a store like Staples and the 256mb is $39.00 canadian Like you said (funny money) For sur I will get one tomorrow The model is SD card Scan Disk.
Have a nice weekend.

Last week before I came home from our last trip, I bought a 128 Mg SD card PNY Technologies from Best Buy Chain Store for 14.99 USD. I am not sure if that sale is stil open or not at this time. These cards are coming down a lot now.
It doesn't look like Yamaha is going to use them. I don't think Roland is either. My camera, my printer and my Technics Kn7000 and Kn2600 all use them but nothing else in here. OH wait the new Toshiba Laptop has a slot for sd but have not tried it yet.
Bebop

Hi Tony,
I haven't tried the 512MB PQI card but I bought a 64MB version, by the same manufacturer, some time ago and have not experienced any problems.
If the card bears the genuine 'SD' logo and is from a reputable manufacturer, then it should be compatible with all SD devices. Multi-Media cards, which look the same as the SD cards, but do not bear the 'SD' logo and have a connector pin missing, are not 100% compatible.
Is anyone else using a PQI SD card??

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Willum

Hello All,

Due to ISP problems I have been off line a few times this week. In this discussion about SD Card and prices of these devices going down I like to tell you that it sounds great for us too. Because especially when you have several SD Cards, our tool is great for managing them.

See http://kn-sdexplorer.has.it for details, FAQ, tutorial and more.

Regarding our tool I have bad news and good news.
The bad news is that we still didn't manage to make it Windows 98 compatible. Since file handling is core functionality in an operating system and since Microsoft doesn't support Win98 anymore and has no proper documentation. Hopefully via forums at MSDN etc we hope to get a solution one day.
The good news is that PayPal works fine lately. I have a premier account for which I pay a modest fee. But the advantage for customers is that they can easily pay via PayPal with a credit card (no need to take a PayPal account !!)

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Kind Regards, Fred

Anyone interested in the new 1 GB SD card may want to check out this site. They're advertising the 1G at $58.00 (USD) after rebate. This is amazingly cheap for that amount of memory.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=83060-1&email=041201

Hi all,
I constate good prices for large memories, but I wonder if one need large memories as e.g. 1 GB or 512MB?
For instance I have a 128 & 256 MB card. The 128 is too smal for the KN7. My 256 is almost completely full (at this moment 95 maps), so I guess a 256MB is the most ideal memorycard for a KN7??
Be it that I don't use mp3 on the card for playback throught the KN7.
To my opinion that's the only reason to obtain 512 or 1000 MB cards?
Just wondering if there are KN7 owners who uses 256MB cards who have experienced that this card is too small for the KN7???
Just my 0,0002 megabites-thoughts .
Cees

Hi Cees
I find the 256 the best. Not too small,but not so large to be a waste with 99 file limitation.

Bernie

Down and Down,

Kingston 512SD...........$29.99
http://www.buy.com/retail/computers/department.asp?loc=101

Fran in Florida

Interesting Statistics..........

Flash Forecast
According to research firm IDC, flash memory card sales will increase from about 100 million units this year to 315 million annually in 2007. Secure Digital and miniSD cards will own more than half the market in 2007, followed by the Memory Stick formats. CompactFlash, the leader at the turn of the decade, will slide in sales, and Smart-Media will virtually disappear.

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Willum

Hi Bill, I have used PQI in my keyboard . No problems. John

Today AT Fry's Electronics, I purchased a 256 Mg SD card from PQI for 19.99, and no rebate. Net net net
Bebop

IN this mornings Fry's sale ad I note they have on sale a San Disk 1 GB Secure Digital card for 49.99 after a 15.00 mail in rebate. The price before rebate is 64.99.
This price is good until Tuesday December 14th.
Besides several stores in the Western US, they are on line at OUTPOST>COM
Happy Christmas from
BEBOP

At Wall*Mart in Yuma, AZ yesterday I bought a 128mb SD for $14.96....

I am out on the desert just west of Yuma....on BLM land with friends who have a mobile Wi-Fi Sat dish that allows each of us to enjoy Wireless access to the Internet.... (BLM= Bureau of Land Management...a Federal Government Bureau....to manage public lands).

ELIZABETH

Todays Fry AD has a 256 MG SD card for 9.99 USD after a 15.00 rebate. I cant make out the name of the manufacturer. My eyes are too small
Looks like at this rate, another week and they should be giving them away
Bebop

I did get a 64Meg card free a couple of weeks ago at Office Max. It was $10 with a $10 rebate. BUT, I have been using high speed cards for several months, and this card's access time is so slow that I'll probably never use it. I prefer to pay the extra price to get faster cards, especially when doing backups.

Bob,

Seldom see transfer rates in advertisments.
Tried to find out about SanDisk at their site. Extreme lists 9MB/sec, Ultra 9MB/sec and the standard SD, lists only,Fast transfer rate.

Could be they are unloading their standard slow cards to sell the newer high speed.

Does anyone know the transfer rate of the standard SanDisk SD card or a site that shows speed comparisons of all SD cards? Would be helpful in making purchases.

Fran in Florida

Fran in Florida

Hi All,

Personally I use Apacer SD Cards, which have specifications:

read: 3MB/s, write 2MB/s.

My performance speed benchmarking (Verify time and restore timeof a 128MB card by our KN-SDExplorer tool) showed better performance than at a beta tester. It appeared that the speed of the reader is more important: be sure to use an USB2.0 reader. With USB 1.1 the fastest Card still has lousy performance.

Regards, Fred
http://www.kn7000.net/Fred_Mellink