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February 24, 2009

4GB

Posted by: DT : Category: Capacities

4GB flash drives are probably the current standard for most everyday users. Yes, some are perfectly happy with just 128MB or 512MB memory sticks but chances are they only work with documents and the occasional mp3. With 4GB however you can do a lot in terms of photo collections as well as video files. Check the chart below for further details.

Jpgs

File quality	File size	File amount
0.2MP (480 x 360)	40KB	100000
0.3MP (640 x 480)	75KB	53333
0.8MP (1024 x 768)	150KB	26666
1MP (1280 x 960)	250KB	16000
2MP (1600 x 1200)	850KB	4705
3MP (2048 x 1536)	1.2MB	3333
4MP (2372 x 1804 )	1.9MB	2105
5MP (2560 x 1920)	2.5MB	1600
6MP (3264 x 1836)	3MB	1333

Mp3s

File quality	Playtime	File amount
128kbps	4166 min (69h 26min)	1041 x 4 min mp3s
160kbps	3333 min (55h 33min)	833 x 4 min mp3s
192kbps	2777 min (46h 17min)	694 x 4 min mp3s

Avis

File size	File amount	Playtime
100MB	40	~480 min
175MB	22	~495 min
350MB	11	~495 – 550 min
700MB	5	~450 – 600 min
1,4GB	2	~360 – 480 min
2,1GB	1	~240 – 300 min
4,5GB (DVD)

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4GB Colorful Flower Crystal USB Flash Drive

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4GB Crystal Heart Flash Drive with Angel Wings Sea Blue

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4GB USB 2.0 Crystal Handbag Necklace Flash Drive

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February 23, 2009

Flash vs DVD

Posted by: DT : Category: Comparisons

First of all, let’s disregard CD-Roms. Nowadays memory sticks far exceed the 700MB limit of CD-Rs so they pose no competition. But what about DVD-Roms? Can you see them being ousted by USB flash drives? Unless you care about watching self-burned movies with your actual TV-DVD-player I would say yes. Think about it:

- They’re smaller and can have more capacity than a normal DVD-R ( 8 / 16 / 32 / 64 / 128GB compared to 4,7 GB or 8,5 GB as double layer).

- You can write data a lot quicker ( USB 2.0 can transfer 60 MB per second whereas a DVD burner can only do 24 MB/s using a writing speed of 16x).

- You can rewrite data over and over again effortlessly, unlike with DVD-RW. (I don’t know about you but I constantly screwed up my data through rewriting.)

- You can carry them around handily without inflicting any damage (see wear your stick ) whereas DVDs usually require a case and some type of bag for safe transport.

- They are far more durable and reliable. How often did you pop in that burned DVD-R to find out that your player has a problem playing it? Could that newly discovered hole or scratch on the surface be to blame? Well, these things can’t happen with USB memory sticks and the data stored on them is not that easy to lose, even when exposed to magnetism.

The only disadvantage I can think of is that 1 flash drive-GB is more expensive than 1 DVD-GB. But does that really bother if it means that GB is good to last? So if you ask me, sooner or later the shiny silver disks will be obsolete. Imagine movies, games and music albums being sold on memory sticks. As a matter of fact there have already been occasions where this has been done (for example, Kylie Minogue’s “X” or Portishead’s “Three”). And why not? It sure saves a lot of space.

To take it one step further, pen drives also score well compared to hard disks. I devoted an article to that here: Flash drives vs. hard drives . As always, feel free to leave your comments.

4GB Flash Drive USB 2.0 Flash Memory Stick Hello Kitty

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February 20, 2009

2GB

Posted by: DT : Category: Capacities

2GB flash drives are probably my favorite. Because I can store enough mp3s for a few days’ worth of listening and have room left for a movie or two. It all depends on the bit rate of the music files of course. Usually I fit around 10 high-quality albums on 1GB and use the other GB for a 700MB video plus some stuff I might be working on at the time. For a detailed synopsis of storage allocation for 2GB memory sticks feel free to check the following.

Image files (jpgs)

Quality	Size	Amount
0.2 MP (ca 480 x 360)	40 KB	50000
0.3 MP (ca 640 x 480)	75 KB	26666
0.8 MP (ca 1024 x 768)	150 KB	13333
1 MP (ca 1280 x 960)	250 KB	8000
2 MP (ca 1600 x 1200)	850 KB	2352
3 MP (ca 2048 x 1536)	1.2 MB	1666
4 MP (ca 2372 x 1804 )	1.9 MB	1052
5 MP (ca 2560 x 1920)	2.5 MB	800
6 MP (ca 3264 x 1836)	3 MB	666