Huge New Flash Cards Soon!

scapegoat · 09-March-03, 07:10 PM

"Lexar Media, Inc.announces that it will extend its line of Professional Series CompactFlash cards with 2GB!! and 4GB!! capacity cards, speed rated at 32X. 32X speed is capable of a minimum sustained write speed of 4.8MB/s, with 1X equal to 150Kb/s.

The new 2GB and 4GB CompactFlash cards are especially suited for professional digital photographers who prefer shooting in large file formats like TIFF and RAW.
One of those and you can store your large MP3 library on it and take it where-ever you go.

With this offering, Lexar Media now offers a line of Professional Series CompactFlash in 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB and 4GB capacities. The 2GB will be Type I and expected to retail in March for $699.99. The 4GB card will be Type II and is expected to ship in the 2nd quarter for $1,499.99.

Check out the full press release here

IronSerif · 10-March-03, 01:27 PM

I live for this stuff....

Probably won't be purchasing the 4GB cards though...$1500 is a lil steep for me

I know at CES they revealed the 1GB SD card, and I remember hearing somewhere that they are planning for a 16GB SD card by 2005.

09-March-03, 07:10 PM		#1 (permalink)
scapegoat Apex Tech God	Huge New Flash Cards Soon! "Lexar Media, Inc.announces that it will extend its line of Professional Series CompactFlash cards with 2GB!! and 4GB!! capacity cards, speed rated at 32X. 32X speed is capable of a minimum sustained write speed of 4.8MB/s, with 1X equal to 150Kb/s. The new 2GB and 4GB CompactFlash cards are especially suited for professional digital photographers who prefer shooting in large file formats like TIFF and RAW. One of those and you can store your large MP3 library on it and take it where-ever you go. With this offering, Lexar Media now offers a line of Professional Series CompactFlash in 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB and 4GB capacities. The 2GB will be Type I and expected to retail in March for $699.99. The 4GB card will be Type II and is expected to ship in the 2nd quarter for $1,499.99. Check out the full press release here

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10-March-03, 01:27 PM		#2 (permalink)
IronSerif Lead Pimp Writer? Hell Yeah!	I live for this stuff.... Probably won't be purchasing the 4GB cards though...$1500 is a lil steep for me I know at CES they revealed the 1GB SD card, and I remember hearing somewhere that they are planning for a 16GB SD card by 2005.