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p.1 #1 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

I have read through a similar topic regarding psd's, however did not really see a comparisson between two of my personal favorites.
The Hyperdrives:
http://www.hypershop.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=50&osCsid=2164aeaad4519d655ca6eb9570b9e4b3

and the
Epson p-5000
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/463480-REG/Epson_B31B187002_P_5000_Multimedia_Storage_Viewer.html

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?

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p.1 #2 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

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.

Cheers

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p.1 #3 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

So that means, the review screen is not as good (and big) as the one of the p-5000?

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p.1 #4 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

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

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p.1 #5 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

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!

I'll recommend the Hyperdrive product to anyone!

Cheers

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p.1 #7 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

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.

YMMV.

njw

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p.1 #8 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

ok that sounds good, I ordered the 250GB version. Thanks a lot for responding everyone!

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p.1 #9 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

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.

Jim

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p.1 #10 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

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

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.781

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p.1 #11 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

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!

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p.1 #12 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

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!

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p.1 #13 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

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.

- Alan

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p.1 #14 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

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

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p.1 #15 · Quick help pls: Hyperdrive or P-5000

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).

J

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