40gb Pd7x Portable Drive

[barbjfox2000]

I found a intriguing device. It's a 40GB PD7X drive powered by 4 AA batteries for less than $200. It also has an 8-in-1 card reader than can handle CF type I, CF type II, SD cards plus 5 other formats.  Here's the nasty long link with the best price (limited time only, of course).

http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/s.nl/cate...ljGr5XDqQLvpAe_

Here's another link to the same devices (look at bottom of page and select items marked as 7200 RPM Compact Drives (20GB, 40GB, 60GB, and 80GB):

http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/s.nl?sc=2&search=40gb

Some professional photographers gave feedback saying build quality could be better, but functionally it works great.

I was wondering if any Z users had experience with one of these. It would overcome the usb-power issues for spinning up since it is self-powered. Also, would movies be able to play "live" from this device or would there be speed issues?

Barb Fox

[barbjfox2000]

I guess one of things I'm trying to figure out is USB compatability. From the specs it looks like this device may only do USB 2 and I've gotten the impression that the USB port on the SL-C3000 is USB 1.1.

Barb Fox