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To: Sam who wrote (27007)	11/25/2004 10:06:00 AM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

Sam, Happy Turkey Day Yes, very surprising prices. I think we all know that 128 MB of memory is pretty trivial. The surprise is that the 1 gig cards are so very cheap. The SNDK 4 gig CF sell for about $275 on line. The 1 gig Cruzers are down around $70 the last I looked. ecost.com There is an article today on tapeless videocams... tech2.nytimes.com SanDisk will need to think about competing with microdrive in this arena. If the iPOD is the gold standard for massive, portable memory it only seems logical that the miniature hard drives will be popular for video applications as well. SanDisk needs to come up with the "Memory Chunk" or "Flash Fortress" to serve as a data warehouse for apps like video. Minimum storage would be 4 gigs in a CF format. I predict you will see homemade video sharing site that mirror the photo sharing sites we have now. It is pretty simple to create and link video sequences into a pretty enjoyable movie format with today's technology. The solid state video has several advantages. First, no motor hum on the audio. Second, no need to convert digital file from tape to PC-based files. Third, random access of files that is not possible with linear tape. Solid state videocameras today frequently lack good zoom capabilities. That will need to be fixed in future generations. Aus