4GB Memory Stick Duo to cost $250

[Koeun]

i think im going to wait next year to get it, it will probably drop to 120-150. i just recently got my 2gb duo for 103$, 13$ 1-2 day shipping at compuplus.. then later found out newegg had 2gb duos for 91$, 5$ 3 day shipping. T_T

[Gredler]

You know what seriously think about it

a 120gb laptop harddrive costs less then $250
there is no way it cost more then $3 to make each card.

Who they think they are fooling, in the end its a ripoff at any price.

Hard drives and cards are completely different as many people have noted earlier in the thread; so this statement makes no sense. Even if the cards were manufactured the same way as drives, 3$ a card is no where near a close estimate. Have you even seen a hard drive, or a duo stick? They're nothing alike other then their ability to store data. Besides the digital space they provide, they are physically different in every imagenable way.

UMD Movies are still pointless imo, if you buy 4 umd movies at 14.95~15, that's 60$, enough to buy a 1gb memory stick, wich holds 4 movies (give or take depending on quality), not to mention you can update the stick and change what movie you have. 15$ is far from free, and I dont think I'd ever see my self buying a UMD movie. Each time I even consider it, I am instantly disuaded by the idea that I can put that 15-20$ towards another memory stick, wich is smaller updatable and much more flexable.

Oh and Sandisk 4gb here I come :P

[shadowprophet]

Hard drives and cards are completely different as many people have noted earlier in the thread; so this statement makes no sense. Even if the cards were manufactured the same way as drives, 3$ a card is no where near a close estimate. Have you even seen a hard drive, or a duo stick? They're nothing alike other then their ability to store data. Besides the digital space they provide, they are physically different in every imagenable way.

UMD Movies are still pointless imo, if you buy 4 umd movies at 14.95~15, that's 60$, enough to buy a 1gb memory stick, wich holds 4 movies (give or take depending on quality), not to mention you can update the stick and change what movie you have. 15$ is far from free, and I dont think I'd ever see my self buying a UMD movie. Each time I even consider it, I am instantly disuaded by the idea that I can put that 15-20$ towards another memory stick, wich is smaller updatable and much more flexable.

Oh and Sandisk 4gb here I come :P

Memsticks are all fine and good. But some people like to collect software and build up there collection. When its digital storage space VS origenal psp software I think some people would rather pay for quality then quantity.

Sure you can d/l a movie and put it on your card. Whats its value ?
It has none. Is just digital media. Sure you can d/l an iso and pirate it, Whats its value. Well with pirated software I would put its value somwhere in the negitive. Everyting you can think of is somwhere on the net for free.
But when you amass a collection of movies and games you pirated
What is there value ? Sure it was free. But you also payed what it was worth, No trade or re sell value there.
The thing here is if you really enjoy a movie or a game Then you should own its origenal, If your not playing an origenal copy of somthing unless it is freeware. These nice people have a pretty name for it (called piracy).
But I like to call it by its true nature, Just plain Theft.

Im not saying everyone who gets a 4 gb card is pirateing.
But how do you determine a pirate?
free mp3s off the net. Thats pirateing right there. So dont say your not cause you just use mp3s. Because its still pirateing. Movies off the net, pirateing, Iso's pirateing.

And you can tell me what ever you want about putting movies on your psp not being pirateing thats a load of bull. Even if you own the orig copy its aginst the law to copy it in any form for any use ever since 1977
*thats why there called (COPY RIGHT LAWS)*

The scene can crack down on isos, But everyone turns a blind eye to the movie and music industry.

I reinforce my earlier statement. If somone has need for that much space chances are more then likely there pirateing in some form or another

And im not perfect ive pirated mp3s and movies myself. But if I truely enjoy somthing, you will see me owning the orig copy rather quickly, because I feel I owe it to them for bringing me somthing I like so much.

[Voltron]

Nevermind this Sony Pro Duo. Sandisk is releasing a 4GB Ultra II Pro Duo in March for just a little over $200.00.

Hell F$%^& Yeah!

[Gredler]

Memsticks are all fine and good. But some people like to collect software and build up there collection. When its digital storage space VS origenal psp software I think some people would rather pay for quality then quantity.

Sure you can d/l a movie and put it on your card. Whats its value ?
It has none. Is just digital media. Sure you can d/l an iso and pirate it, Whats its value. Well with pirated software I would put its value somwhere in the negitive. Everyting you can think of is somwhere on the net for free.
But when you amass a collection of movies and games you pirated
What is there value ? Sure it was free. But you also payed what it was worth, No trade or re sell value there.
The thing here is if you really enjoy a movie or a game Then you should own its origenal, If your not playing an origenal copy of somthing unless it is freeware. These nice people have a pretty name for it (called piracy).
But I like to call it by its true nature, Just plain Theft.

Im not saying everyone who gets a 4 gb card is pirateing.
But how do you determine a pirate?
free mp3s off the net. Thats pirateing right there. So dont say your not cause you just use mp3s. Because its still pirateing. Movies off the net, pirateing, Iso's pirateing.

And you can tell me what ever you want about putting movies on your psp not being pirateing thats a load of bull. Even if you own the orig copy its aginst the law to copy it in any form for any use ever since 1977
*thats why there called (COPY RIGHT LAWS)*

The scene can crack down on isos, But everyone turns a blind eye to the movie and music industry.

I reinforce my earlier statement. If somone has need for that much space chances are more then likely there pirateing in some form or another

And im not perfect ive pirated mp3s and movies myself. But if I truely enjoy somthing, you will see me owning the orig copy rather quickly, because I feel I owe it to them for bringing me somthing I like so much.

Well said, but I never noted downloading anything, or copying stuff for that matter. Bringing that up though, I disagree with copywright laws not allowing me to play my purchase on any medium I want, so I do bend there when it comes to puting my DVD on PSP. But if I couldn't put my DVDs on PSP then maybe I would buy UMDs, but as it stands now I feel no moral remorse for placing my DVDs on PSP.

I have quite a quality DVD library to provide quantity and quality for my psp, I really see no use for UMD movies other then to protect Sony's ability to sell the same thing in two different mediums, which they pwned themselves on by allowing MP4 movies on the psp (not to mention other formats through homebrew.)

I dont need more space for pirating, there is such a thing as legal files (mp4/3, jpg, etc) So far I've only put MP4 movies on it, (downloads from gamespot, forign non-protect movies such as unreleased anime)My memory card space goes for MP3's, games, and manga.

[shadowprophet]

Well said, but I never noted downloading anything, or copying stuff for that matter. Bringing that up though, I disagree with copywright laws not allowing me to play my purchase on any medium I want, so I do bend there when it comes to puting my DVD on PSP. But if I couldn't put my DVDs on PSP then maybe I would buy UMDs, but as it stands now I feel no moral remorse for placing my DVDs on PSP.

I have quite a quality DVD library to provide quantity and quality for my psp, I really see no use for UMD movies other then to protect Sony's ability to sell the same thing in two different mediums, which they pwned themselves on by allowing MP4 movies on the psp (not to mention other formats through homebrew.)

I dont need more space for pirating, there is such a thing as legal files (mp4/3, jpg, etc) So far I've only put MP4 movies on it, (downloads from gamespot, forign non-protect movies such as unreleased anime)My memory card space goes for MP3's, games, and manga.

jpegs? Bro if you can get 4 gb of jpegs, All I got to say is you tha man it would take a lifetime lol :P

On the same note the largest jpeg I ever seen was actuelly 100 mb it was a detaled map of the entire earth

[Gredler]

jpegs? Bro if you can get 4 gb of jpegs, All I got to say is you tha man it would take a lifetime lol :P

On the same note the largest jpeg I ever seen was actuelly 100 mb it was a detaled map of the entire earth

Actually I use it for many things, JPGs included (comics?) 4gb of pure jpg's isn't unreasonable though - the entire fan-translated berserk series is like 28gigs..

[F9zDark]

Who watches movies off of memstick anymore, raise your hand ??
Its neat to be able to put a movie on memstick.
But most people get bored of them after they watch em a few times and delete thos puppies



I can Completely agree with that,
But I just keep thinking to myself its a psp and while psps are great and I love mine very much. Its a 333 mhz processor, The avaible storage space is outgrowing the technology.

If anyone here can remeber back that far when we had 333 mhz computers. That was about the size of the hd's we where useing then.
I do agree that digital storage space is a good thing. But it wont end here.
Do you remember the psone memory card market ?
Not that it was ever as bad as the memstick market by any means,

You can't even compare technology then to technology now. When people were using 333mhz computers MP3s had just barely began infiltrating computers (if they even existed then), DVDs were in their infancy, and games rarely ever saw past 100 megs.

The pirating idea is also not a fair assumption. My music library on computer alone is more than 4 gigs. Thats not including the CDs that I haven't ripped into MP3s yet.

As well, saying that people spend too much time with their PSP if they need more than 4 gigs of space is also a rather wrongly made assumption. What of the business person who spends more hours in an airplane than he or she does at home 50 weeks out of the year? The PSP is an all in one solution for movies, music and games. Obviously to someone in that position it becomes their lifeline. Laptops are too big and clunky to be using on the airplane just for music or movies. And games, forget about it. Not to mention the power consumption on a laptop is far greater than that of the PSP.

Trust me, there are many reasons that people want large quantities of space for the PSP that are for legitimate reasons.

[Hidavi]

^^^Yeah man. Word up. Some people just can't imagine doing so much on their PSPs. They're so into the gaming aspect that they don't really see into anything else. There's nothing wrong with that, of course, but it limits their reasoning as to why someone would need 4-8GB sticks.

If I was to get a 4GB stick, I'd just pump up all my vids to double the video quality.

[shadowprophet]

If anyone has explored what the psp can do its me.
Ive done everything imaginible with it. Put windows on it even.
The point im trying to make is, people are trying to turn the psp into somthing its not. No matter how much space you get for it. Its still only got 333 mhz processor in it. Its never going to get any more powerful.
If you want somthing that can do all the applications people want to do with the psp. Id suggest getting a note pad computer, somthing with a little more power.
And yes mp3 have been around for quite a while and they where already well know in the 333 mhz era.

And yes you can compare todays technology to yesterdays technology eslecaly when the power is exactly the same as it was back then.

And dvds have been around for a while too. Why is it people only concder the dvd as being made at the point they became affordible

and yeah your pirateing bro, did you even read my post ?

if you copy somthing even if you own the orig, Its piracy . (COPY RIGHT LAWS ) there made for a reason. pece out