Dazzle 6 In 1 Card Reader Drivers
TheDazzle Hi-Speed Universal 8 in 1 Digital Media Reader/Writeris a removable media reader capable of reading andwriting to all the popular storage cards on the markettoday. Because the Dazzle 8 in 1 is designed withthe USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface, data transfer speedto and from your storage cards is limited only bythe media itself (as long as the Dazzle is pluggedinto a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed port on your computer). Ifyou own or need to access a number of different typesof storage cards from digital cameras, video camerasand Palm or Pocket PC handhelds you need somethingthat will read their storage cards.
And althoughall of the aforementioned hardware is supplied withsynchronization and connection cables, often allyou really want to do is copy or move files on andoff the cards at a faster rate than the interfacesbuilt into your hardware can provide. Besides that,a handy 8 in 1 reader/writer is usually a lot lesstrouble than fiddling with the connection cable specificto a camera.NowI'll bet you didn't think there were actually eightdifferent types of removable media on the marketright now. I mean all you ever see in stores areCompactFlash, Secure Digital and Sony Memory Stickcards right? The catch (for multimediareader/writer users) is that all the differentstorage cards have variants with (unfortunately)slight differences in their connection circuitry.It's one of the reasons Kickstartnews reviewerLianne Reitter's Sony digital camera (DSC-F505)is incompatible with Sony Memory Stick Pro cardsused in the newer Sony digital devices. If shewants to view something from a friend's camera(one model newer, uses Memory Stick Pro), she'sout of luck and that is another reason to havean 8 in 1 storage card reader/writer. Here's thelist of storage cards the Dazzle can handle:.
CompactFlash(CF) Type 1. CompactFlash(CF) Type 2. IBMMicroDrive.
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SmartMedia. SonyMemory Stick (Standard). SonyMagicGate (Memory Stick Pro). SecureDigital (SD). MultiMediaCard(MMC). TheDazzle is bundled with the OnDVD software, a small programwhich helps you make photo slideshows and burn them toDVD.Kickstartnewsreviews are supposed to be based on real-world, everydayexperiences with software and hardware. But after usingthe Dazzle 8 in 1 for a couple of weeks, the urge torun some real timing tests became irresistible.
So wechose a group of large digital photo files as the testdata and proceeded to copy and move them back and forthbetween the Dazzle and one of our workstations, usingthe identical set of files to test each storage card,timing everything (accurate to +/- half a second) alongthe way. Here are the test results:TestCriteriaWewrote 30 digital photo files totaling 762.8MB to the1GB cards, 11 digital photo files totaling 106.7MB tothe 128MB & 256MB cards and 6 digital photo filestotaling 30.4MB to the smaller cards. We used a TissotT-Touch digital stopwatch for all of the timing runs.Timings began exactly as the confirmation clicks weremade for copying or moving data and ended as soon asthe screen was cleared of the Windows progress dialog.The tests took place on a Pentium 4/2.8GHz workstation(Asus P4S8X motherboard with native USB 2.0 Hi-Speedports) with the Dazzle 8 in 1 connected directly ratherthan through a hi-speed hub. Aquick look at the data will tell you that the SanDisk ExtremeCF cards are clearly the fastest cards available today.For digital photographers shooting 4 megapixels and up,the fast CF cards are absolutely the best choice.
Sony'sMemory Stick Pro cards were disappointing to say the least,especially considering the long wait that Sony users hadto endure before the company released the large capacitycards in 2003 (standard Memory Sticks are limited to 128MBin size). Of course the other detail to note is that theDazzle 8 in 1 did not hinder the tests in any way becauseits USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface can handle well in excessof 50MB/sec. Proof is proof however. We just love the fastnew storage cards combined with our favorite digital cameraand the Dazzle 8 in 1. Obviously, SD, CompactFlash andstandard Memory Stick media are s-l-o-w; not the idealformats for data backups (albeit ideal when using BackupBuddyon your PDA of course). None of these storage cards comesanywhere close to challenging the Dazzle's USB 2.0 Hi-Speedinterface.Someof you may have noticed that the Dazzle web site listedabove is located at Zio Corporation. It's not a typo—PinnacleSystems spun off their card reader business to Zio inAugust 2003.
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Pinnacle still develops its Dazzle videoediting software and hardware however. Zio has a fullline of card reader products and provides full supportfor the 8 in 1 model.
Zio is now also gonethe way of the Dodo bird and the Dazzle brand is beingmade and distributed by a number of companies. So usethe test criteria below to make comparisons with othercard readers on the market, and if they meet or beatthe Dazzle, you can make a good choice.Cons: Theseparate vertical base for the card reader (the devicenormally sits horizontally) does not lock onto the product,and because all of these sorts of card readers are quitelight, vertical mounting can be hindered by the weight/tugof the USB cable. A lot of these sorts of devices aresupplied with the same type of base and we think it'skind of useless.
It's a minor quibble and doesn't affectthe operation of the Dazzle (or any other, similar, cardreader).