card reader

securespark · 19 Dec 2007

Just a quick one. Know it's a "hardware" topic, but want a wider audience.

I need an external card reader, primarily so I can transfer images onto an SD card for a Digi photo frame (Xmas present). Can you advise me as to the best one to get?

dave.m · 19 Dec 2007

SS,
Have you got a Maplins in easy reach?
If so:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=sd card reader&source=15&SD=Y
Plenty there to go at.
Between £15 & £20 is plenty to pay.
I got one of these for the same reason that you want one:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=96892&doy=19m12
It does the job perfectly.
Then I bought a new PC with built-in card reader so daughter claimed the one from Maplins.
dave

securespark · 19 Dec 2007

Thank you, Mr m, you're a gent!

vokera80e · 19 Dec 2007

Morrisons....£5 for a 1-gig card...and when is lulu gonna get that flipping trolley filled....?

securespark · 19 Dec 2007

Got my 1Gb SD card from ebuyer (Kingston with lifetime wty) for under a fiver inc vat. Can't be beat!

Steve · 19 Dec 2007

securespark said:
Got my 1Gb SD card from ebuyer (Kingston with lifetime wty) for under a fiver inc vat. Can't be beat!

I got that too. But for under a fiver, would you bother with the warranty?

securespark · 19 Dec 2007

Listen, I was the spark that took one Osram 100W GLS back to the wholesaler for a replacement because it failed prematurely!

But I only did it to prove a point to the customer...

Richardp · 19 Dec 2007

I have one here now in front of me called a ''bytestor'' its works well for me, but as it was a gift I have no other info on it, I recommend it to you.

Nige F · 20 Dec 2007

dave.m said:
SS,
Have you got a Maplins in easy reach?
dave

I think ther`s one in Camber Sands....Hi-de-Hi

tim west · 20 Dec 2007

lidl did a card reader dirt cheap still going strong

Stivino · 20 Dec 2007

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=101209

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=103279

Richardp · 20 Dec 2007

and my contribution

http://www.mangotango.co.uk/ByteStor-USB-2-0-17in1-MultiCard-Reader/p/B000AYVIHK/

Stivino · 20 Dec 2007

This'll be the equivalent of that then.
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=99237

securespark · 22 Dec 2007

dave.m.

Went to Maplin intending to get the one you put in your second link. Got chatting to a geezer there & he showed me a smaller E-BLUE card reader (43-in-1) for a tenner.

Works fine, just used it, and it runs on my creaky Win ME, too!!

dave.m · 23 Dec 2007

SS,
Glad you got sorted.
What I did with mine was to get two SD cards, (1GB each are about £5 at Aldi) and in the My Pictures folder, I started three new folders. I then copied different pictures that The Manager likes into the folders so that we now have three sets of different pictures, so never get bored.
One set is on one card in the frame and a second set is on the spare card that she can change if she wants. Then I can copy the third set onto the first card for a change in the future.
MerryChristmas
dave

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