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p.4 #14GB Microdrive for 10D
edtang wrote:
I think you are mistaken Chris. It's pretty simple to open up a current iPod case, many people do it to change out the battery. I just saw a demonstration on The Screen Savers on TechTV a few days go.
I'm using a 20gb series one, and it has the glass/plastic front and the chrome back, the only place it joins in between these 2 elements, there are no screws/no clips/ no nothing!
Chris
I think you are mistaken Chris. It's pretty simple to open up a current iPod case, many people do it to change out the battery. I just saw a demonstration on The Screen Savers on TechTV a few days go.
I'm using a 20gb series one, and it has the glass/plastic front and the chrome back, the only place it joins in between these 2 elements, there are no screws/no clips/ no nothing!
Chris
Jan 16, 2004 at 01:02 PM
p.4 #24GB Microdrive for 10D
Has anyone filled up a 4Gb Card (From the MuVo) with Raw images or used it in the real world?
Jan 16, 2004 at 01:05 PM
p.4 #34GB Microdrive for 10D
search under battery replacement for the IPOD... there was ( is ) a very detailed
description of it with pics out on the web... saw it about 6 months ago...
here is one site... http://www.ipodbattery.com/ipodinstall.htm but it does not show the drive in the pics...
description of it with pics out on the web... saw it about 6 months ago...
here is one site... http://www.ipodbattery.com/ipodinstall.htm but it does not show the drive in the pics...
Jan 16, 2004 at 06:21 PM
p.4 #44GB Microdrive for 10D
Found one at ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2979913670&category=50519&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1
Careful to look picture of 4gb microdrive at ebay and compare to https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/65456/0
I do not know what to say....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2979913670&category=50519&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1
Careful to look picture of 4gb microdrive at ebay and compare to https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/65456/0
I do not know what to say....
Jan 16, 2004 at 11:08 PM
p.4 #54GB Microdrive for 10D
chris78cpr wrote:
I'm using a 20gb series one, and it has the glass/plastic front and the chrome back, the only place it joins in between these 2 elements, there are no screws/no clips/ no nothing!
Chris
Yup, you can pry apart a corner with a small flathead, and the rest just pops off. I saw a demo on TV, it looked super easy.
I'm using a 20gb series one, and it has the glass/plastic front and the chrome back, the only place it joins in between these 2 elements, there are no screws/no clips/ no nothing!
Chris
Yup, you can pry apart a corner with a small flathead, and the rest just pops off. I saw a demo on TV, it looked super easy.
Jan 16, 2004 at 11:13 PM
p.4 #64GB Microdrive for 10D
Yeah dreams, I figured this would happen as much. I actually looked at one of those auctions and felt like sending an email to the seller congratulating him for his "keen business sense". But you would have to be crazy to turn down the possibility of earning $200 a pop with the 4GB microdrives, I mean it's what came to my mind when I saw them. The only thing now is who is going to pay for these drives knowing full well that they came from an Ipod mini/MuVo. Unfortunately I don't think sellers will put the real picture of the different looking drives from the mp3 players, they will instead use the company photo for the $499 one. Such is the nature of the beast...
The real question at hand now is what is Hitachi's next move. They can either discontinue the usage of the microdrive in the mp3 players, create some sort of tamper-proof device that will ruin the drive if it is removed, or they can lower the price of the retail microdrive. It is an interesting situation, in my opinion, as it is obviously something they did not expect, however they are going to have to deal with the consequences now. I should hope that they lower the price of the retail version, because this little shortcut is showing us exactly how much we are being overcharged
. IMHO prestige pricing is not the way to attract a clientel. One could take into account the capabilities of the mp3 player as a value of say, $50. This leaves the drive as the major component, at around $200. Versus $499. This means that Hitachi could retail the drive for less than Lexar's (1/4 as large) 1GB 40x WA card. I am sure that Hitachi would be able to devastate Lexar with such a lower price by the sheer volume of sales and therefore compensate for the price drop.
Mark
The real question at hand now is what is Hitachi's next move. They can either discontinue the usage of the microdrive in the mp3 players, create some sort of tamper-proof device that will ruin the drive if it is removed, or they can lower the price of the retail microdrive. It is an interesting situation, in my opinion, as it is obviously something they did not expect, however they are going to have to deal with the consequences now. I should hope that they lower the price of the retail version, because this little shortcut is showing us exactly how much we are being overcharged
. IMHO prestige pricing is not the way to attract a clientel. One could take into account the capabilities of the mp3 player as a value of say, $50. This leaves the drive as the major component, at around $200. Versus $499. This means that Hitachi could retail the drive for less than Lexar's (1/4 as large) 1GB 40x WA card. I am sure that Hitachi would be able to devastate Lexar with such a lower price by the sheer volume of sales and therefore compensate for the price drop.Mark
Jan 17, 2004 at 12:31 AM
p.4 #74GB Microdrive for 10D
Makes you wonder if Creative Labs or Apple really care if you buy there players just to part them out. If more people who NEED/WANT a 4Gb Microdrive start buying mp3 players they would have to be happy about the "popularity" of their player but it might not really effect sales of the players because cameras that support microdrives for the average consumer isn't that high and people who would spend $299 for an MP3 player only to take the drive out of it would be real small percentage. Although Hitachi might have a problem with it. I just ordered a MuVo 4Gb at CES for $199.
Augie
Augie
Jan 17, 2004 at 01:13 AM
p.4 #84GB Microdrive for 10D
Please forgive my ignorance but what is CES? I can’t find the 4GB Muvo for sale anywhere. The best I could find was at the creative labs site where they show a price of $299 but are out of stock.
Greg
Greg
Jan 17, 2004 at 01:42 AM
p.4 #94GB Microdrive for 10D
Creative Labes was selling a lot of products at their booth. Yeah so far I have only found it available for $299 on their website. But look for it to possibly drop in price as the iPod Mini sells for $249 and they care competting products and the iPod Mini is thinner than the MuVo 4gb.
Jan 17, 2004 at 01:49 AM
p.4 #104GB Microdrive for 10D
Greg, CES is the Consumer Electronics Show that was held last week in LasVegas.
Jan 17, 2004 at 02:09 AM
p.4 #114GB Microdrive for 10D
Rob, you can get them in Germany. I found one at www.cyberport.de for Euro 314,-. Good luck, Emmerich
Jan 17, 2004 at 05:12 AM
p.4 #124GB Microdrive for 10D
Are they out of stock already? Heck, I should get a commission for those sales! 
Jan 17, 2004 at 10:03 AM
p.4 #134GB Microdrive for 10D
oeyvind wrote:
Not sure about that John... might work but first you need to figure out how to xfer the firmware to the new storage...
Someone in other forums stated that the mp3 player does not support CF card. However no one can confirm the case yet.
Not sure about that John... might work but first you need to figure out how to xfer the firmware to the new storage...
Someone in other forums stated that the mp3 player does not support CF card. However no one can confirm the case yet.
Jan 18, 2004 at 01:42 AM
p.4 #144GB Microdrive for 10D
In the UK here's a link
Enter Muvo in the search box
http://www.simply.co.uk/?sn=2084984188
Looks like a good idea
Thanx
Enter Muvo in the search box
http://www.simply.co.uk/?sn=2084984188
Looks like a good idea
Thanx
Jan 18, 2004 at 02:58 AM
p.4 #154GB Microdrive for 10D
rsoemarsono wrote:
I read in other forums somewhere that the portable MP3 player Nomad MuVo2 4GB uses a Hitachi Microdrive for its storage.
So I plunked down $299.99 to buy the MuVo (instead of $499.99 for the 4GB MD), got it today, did an emergency surgery, and extracted the microdrive from the MP3 player. Then I put it in my 10D, formatted the card, and happily saw the frame counter went up to 647 for RAW images!!!!! Not bad at all.
http://www.pbase.com/image/25120048.jpg
And now, I have this brand new, ultra portable MP3 player split open without any storage and I started thinking, "Will a...Show more →
I do the same work !
http://yoursphotographer.com/CREATIVE/CREATIVE.html
I read in other forums somewhere that the portable MP3 player Nomad MuVo2 4GB uses a Hitachi Microdrive for its storage.
So I plunked down $299.99 to buy the MuVo (instead of $499.99 for the 4GB MD), got it today, did an emergency surgery, and extracted the microdrive from the MP3 player. Then I put it in my 10D, formatted the card, and happily saw the frame counter went up to 647 for RAW images!!!!! Not bad at all.
http://www.pbase.com/image/25120048.jpg
And now, I have this brand new, ultra portable MP3 player split open without any storage and I started thinking, "Will a...Show more →
I do the same work !
http://yoursphotographer.com/CREATIVE/CREATIVE.html
Jan 19, 2004 at 07:13 AM
p.4 #164GB Microdrive for 10D
micazim wrote:
I do the same work !
http://yoursphotographer.com/CREATIVE/CREATIVE.html
Michael,
How much for 4GB MP3? Also have you tried to use CF card for the MP3?
Thanks!
I do the same work !
http://yoursphotographer.com/CREATIVE/CREATIVE.html
Michael,
How much for 4GB MP3? Also have you tried to use CF card for the MP3?
Thanks!
Jan 19, 2004 at 05:18 PM
p.4 #184GB Microdrive for 10D
micazim wrote:
i insert an 512 CF card already
Hi Mic,
Thanks for your info. What is the price of MP3 you got?
i insert an 512 CF card already
Hi Mic,
Thanks for your info. What is the price of MP3 you got?
Jan 20, 2004 at 09:46 PM
p.4 #194GB Microdrive for 10D
I just saw on eBay a posting that claims that the MuVo2 uses proprietary pin outs that are not guaranteed to meet the CF standards. The guy is of course trying to discourage people from buying the units removed from MP3 players and buy his instead. The link to his listing is http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2981713410&category=50519 . He also claims that using in other devices you may have read write trouble. Have any of you adventurous guys that are using these had any trouble, or is this guy just blowing smoke? Thanks.
Jan 22, 2004 at 12:25 AM
p.4 #204GB Microdrive for 10D
Hi people,
That guy on ebay is a total crock. If you look carefully, the very unit that he is selling IS a drive pulled out of a mp3 player. The OEM unit has a black and white label (which is what he has). Whereas the RETAIL unit has a color label. I know because I have handled these. I am selling the OEM drives on ebay that are actually pulled from the muvo2. They work perfectly fine as a CF card. That ebay guy is simply formulating lies to edge out the competition.
quick shameless plug - if you need a 4gb hitachi microdrive, you can look for me on ebay as 4sevens. I have a few listed now and will continue to list them with bids starting at 0.01. I guarantee my drives for 30 days and after that it's hitachi's 1 year warranty.
That guy on ebay is a total crock. If you look carefully, the very unit that he is selling IS a drive pulled out of a mp3 player. The OEM unit has a black and white label (which is what he has). Whereas the RETAIL unit has a color label. I know because I have handled these. I am selling the OEM drives on ebay that are actually pulled from the muvo2. They work perfectly fine as a CF card. That ebay guy is simply formulating lies to edge out the competition.
quick shameless plug - if you need a 4gb hitachi microdrive, you can look for me on ebay as 4sevens. I have a few listed now and will continue to list them with bids starting at 0.01. I guarantee my drives for 30 days and after that it's hitachi's 1 year warranty.
Jan 22, 2004 at 12:22 PM