I always prefer to purchase memory products from SanDisk because they are always high quality and perform as expected. The price is a little high but other lower priced products seem to fail more quickly. I have yet to have a SanDisk product fail. SanDisk 8GB Memory Stick Pro Duo
Memory is always a worthwhile upgrade in my opinion. Today's files and demands are increasing so it's best to stay ahead of the curve with all the room you'll need. I have a host of Sony products including a PSP, PS3 (did you forget many PS3's have digital card readers in them?), and a digital camera; all of which share this card, and I can have all the room I'll probably ever need with this one card between all my Sony devices. Naturally, I have other capacity cards, but having one larger capacity card makes it real easy to swap or share files between them all.
SanDisk is an OEM to many products available so you're getting top quality. Again, in my opinion, superior to even the Sony "branded" cards. Don't be tricked into seeing a Mark2 or Ultra II card thinking a little more money must mean it's better; it's just a wee bit faster when writing the files and not necessarily any faster when reading them, however the device itself you're using must support that feature if applicable.
If you're the typical digital camera or video game user, this card will be more than you'll need in terms of capacity so you won't have to worry about running to a PC and backing up the files constantly. If you're a hardcore professional camera user where milliseconds between shots matter, then you might want to look at the faster access cards instead. Otherwise, save yourself the money and grab this card (even the 2GB or 4GB are plenty sufficient too) and pile on the digital images/music/videos!
This memory card works as intended. I've had no problems with it, so far, in my PSP, and the read and write speeds seem, subjectively, adequate. The only problem I have is that, despite what the item description says, it does NOT come with an adapter. Fortunately I did not need it, though I would have preferred to use it so I could use my built-in card reader instead of the PSP to write to it.
Pros:
Cheap, yet works well.
Cons:
Does NOT come with an adapter even though the product description says it does.
Memory Stick is a Sony thing. When you buy a non-Sony memory stick product your fear is compatibility. Well, I just bought this 8G memory stick for use in my new Sony Webbie HD Camcorder. It works perfectly.
I choose an 8G card expecting the Webbie HD to chew up space like crazy, but, I have found that the MP4 compression and lower bit rate of the Webbie is friendly to memory stick capacity. In fact, for my purposes, I could have used a 2 or 4G stick and been happy.
I also like the eco-friendly packaging for this product. Mostly cardboard with only the smallest plastic covering. Nice!
Purchased this product for my PSP. Read some reviews which said product read/write speed is slow. I just transfered over 1GB of data from my PS3 to the PSP and it was reasonably quick. Played games stored in my memory stick and did not notice any difference in loading times, fairly quick even. Unless you are the type of person who notices every second that passes by then get the higher end one for peace of mind, but for me this works great.
By the way, I can confirm product is authentic, I was able to register my product with Sandisk. I initially hesitated to purchase this product from Amazon after seeing a review which says product was fake, the review did not indicate who was the seller, note that there are several sellers of this same product. Emailed Amazon about my concerns on fake products and they responded promptly and put my concerns to rest. Chose a seller who seems to be with Amazon for a while and purchased the product from them. Seller is Digital Media Source. Quite satisfied with my purchase.
I originally bought an 8gb Sony version of this, and when I wanted a spare I bought this one to save some money. Can't tell a difference! Why pay twice as much to have a Sony logo on it? Also, when buying a sony brand memory stick online, there's a large risk that it is counterfeit. - Pro Duo - 8gb - Memory Stick - Sandisk'
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