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CTRider · 04-07-2007

I don't mind technology upgrades - what I hate is fundamental changes when an improvement would be more practical.

Case in point:

Why do we have Memory Stick and XD cards when SD cards were already a good standard in a nice compact form factor? They all do the same thing and have roughly the same capacities. Why not invest resources in improving performance and capacity and allow the format to propagate more fully. I don't mind the mini and micro SD cards so much because they have adapters to fit a standard SD card slot. If Fuji and Sony had worked toward enhancing SD technology instead of coming up with competing formats, we would have 10GB SD cards already.

The same deal goes for camcorders. Companies are always coming out with new digital formats when it always comes back to miniDV. It's a solid format. Why not work on ways to increase record times on the existing tapes and improve the features and image quality on cameras that use it? Instead, we end up with things like MiniDVD, SD, MicroMV, hard drive and digital 8mm.

It's frustrating at times.

04-07-2007	#51 (permalink)
CTRider TV Guru BTK Expert Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 8,398	I don't mind technology upgrades - what I hate is fundamental changes when an improvement would be more practical. Case in point: Why do we have Memory Stick and XD cards when SD cards were already a good standard in a nice compact form factor? They all do the same thing and have roughly the same capacities. Why not invest resources in improving performance and capacity and allow the format to propagate more fully. I don't mind the mini and micro SD cards so much because they have adapters to fit a standard SD card slot. If Fuji and Sony had worked toward enhancing SD technology instead of coming up with competing formats, we would have 10GB SD cards already. The same deal goes for camcorders. Companies are always coming out with new digital formats when it always comes back to miniDV. It's a solid format. Why not work on ways to increase record times on the existing tapes and improve the features and image quality on cameras that use it? Instead, we end up with things like MiniDVD, SD, MicroMV, hard drive and digital 8mm. It's frustrating at times. __________________ 1983 Honda CB550 About Me Answers to your Gadget Questions Gadget Forum Last edited by CTRider : 04-07-2007 at 06:11 PM.