I would like to know which one you would choose for a safari/field trip?
The Hypdrives are pretty cheap I think, a 250GB version for only 450$ compared to the 80GB P-5000 for 650$.
That is why I am tending to go with the hyperdrive. What do you think?
I own a Hyperdrive HD-80 and have had it for just over a year. Flawless performance. If you don't NEED to review images and are just looking for portable storage that is fast and reliable, I'd go Hyperdrive every time.
My recommendation is the Colorspace. It is fast, reliable, and the best bang for the buck. It is even less expensive if you separately populate it with a harddrive of your choosing.
Sorry... I should have checked the link first. I have the older HD-80, which has no image review. But if the colorspace model performs even close to the HD-80, it's still a winner!
jhom wrote:
My recommendation is the Colorspace. It is fast, reliable, and the best bang for the buck. It is even less expensive if you separately populate it with a harddrive of your choosing.
You can buy the Hyperdrive shell with no hard drive, and usually find a better deal on a 2.5 inch hard drive to install into the shell. I actually found that when I compared the hard drives that were cheaper, they were also slower. To get the BEST performance from the Hyperdrive, use the recommended drives or just buy one with the drive pre-installed. I didn't find the savings to be more than about $40 and in the end it's worthwhile for the performance.
I had a hd80 before buying the Colorspace. The hd80 is a great device but doesn't have image review. The Colorspace is even faster and has more features than the hd80. Plus, it has color and image review. It is a great buy.
I have two of these, and they've worked very well so far. Not that terribly fast and the battery isn't probably nearly as good, but they are 12x cheaper
I would be more than a little apprehensive about trusting my images to a device that was less costly than a typical card.
Waiting on the UPS guy to arrive with a 120 Gb Color Space!
David Pennell wrote:
I would be more than a little apprehensive about trusting my images to a device that was less costly than a typical card.
Waiting on the UPS guy to arrive with a 120 Gb Color Space!
well, if you're poor(ish) then it's better than nothing!
Anyway, I've been using one of these for about 6 months without any problems what so ever. That said, if I was using it for anything like a wedding/etc, I would not trust it either.
I WOULD trust it as a second backup, perhaps one of these much loved Hyperdrives as the primary, and this as a backup backup . For 35 bucks, it's not like it can really hurt!
cencored, you did the right thing getting the hyperdrive. The Epson has a very nice screen but it has several problems:
1. it cannot be viewed in daylight.
2. the screen has no anti-reflective coating and that can make it hard to use in shady outdoor conditions.
3. you cannot manipulate the image in any way except to adjust the screen brightness. No contrast changes. No colour changes. No sharpness changes. etc.
so far these limit but do not eliminate the usefulness of having the screen.
4. the transfer rates to/from cards is limited to about 7 MB/second.
the hyperdrive is at least two times faster than the epson if the cards can handle it. This makes a difference when downloading a full 8 GB card. 7 minutes vs 19 minutes !
If you scour the epson web site you'll find the transfer rate is confirmed to be 7 MB/sec but it isn't mentioned anywhere on the box or in the user manual.
let me remind all who have a p series viewer. if you loose the HD you loose your OS. and the OS takes up room on the HD. it will need to go back at considerable cost to you for that service. the colorspace though not quite as amusing a toy has a flashable hardware based OS which has many advantages. also the jobo evolution extreme kinda puts the epson to shame even with only a 3.7" screen. it too is hardware based and flash upgradeable. but in the usability factor the colorspace does it all and will load a 120gb of junk init with a minimum of chimping one one battery charge. it will also do it faster too
jhom wrote:
My recommendation is the Colorspace. It is fast, reliable, and the best bang for the buck. It is even less expensive if you separately populate it with a harddrive of your choosing.
Jim
I agree with this. The p-5000 will be tough on batteries and is much slower. They work great together though because the P5000 can talk to the colorspace as a usb external drive.
I have the p3000 and the PD70X (precursor to the colorspace).
