Photo Backup Device

[rovies]

Does anyone use any type of photo backup device? ; I am currently looking at the Sanho HyperDrive ColorSpace UDMA 250 GB Photo Backup Storage & Viewer with 3.2" LCD. ;

Just wondering what others are using...

 

[Roger]

Heard good things about the Hyperdrives. ; I use a Wolverine 80gb ESP; what I'm doing now is downloading the cards to my laptop's HD, and then backing up the pics to the ESP every night. ; That way BOTH hard drives would have to fail for the pics to disappear.... (and it allows me to use a FW UDMA reader to download as well!)

 

[Tim]

i used to have an epson p-2000. ; it was a nice device but i sold it awhile back. ; right now i just use a netbook with external HD.

 

[PolynesianMedic]

I have a portable HD and a little less portable HD. ; I keep them both the same so that if one fails I have a back up.

 

[ddindy]

Please educate me: ; these backup devices look neat, but what advantages do they have over a netbook which costs less, has a bigger screen and more capabilities?

 

[Tim]

That's pretty much my stance, Dennis. ; Smaller size would be the only advantage methinks. ;

 

[Roger]

They were there before netbooks; ; there is a reason I haven't upgraded my device - mainly because the next time I do it's going to just be a portable HD instead.....

The devices came out when 2gb cards costed more than $100 each, so having 80-160gb in the field was a godsend....now that memory is cheap, their usefulness has gone way down....

Kind of like using SmartMedia cards (or a Microdrive CF). ; They still work, but technology has moved on. ; But there was a time when they were important.

 

[Tim]

that pretty much sums it up, Rog.

 

[ddindy]

Thanks, guys. ; That's pretty much what I thought.

 

[Zeagle]

Never cared much for the single use devices, as I had 2 fail with images on them. Now I always transfer over to my laptop first. Then, burn my images onto DVD at the end of the day. This way I have two copies one of which is on an archive media.

 

[rovies]

This is all great information.....never really thought about the netbooks before until now. ; Dell has a couple that are actually cheaper than the HyperDrive....

 

[Tim]

B&H, official supplier of The Magic in Pixels, has a large selection of netbooks as well. ; They feature Windows XP and many have free shipping.
CLICK HERE TO SEE!

 

[PolynesianMedic]

Wow, they do have a lot. hmm. . .

 

[mSummers]

I carry a 500gb external hard drive to backup my laptop every night. ;