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It's actually called the "HyperDrive HD 80). Aside from some cosmetic changes, it seems to be identical to the PD70X.

I received the same email (I already have a PD70X). Funny thing is, this is "old" news, as last night there were at least two threads on this forum announcing this USA availability. Now the threads seem to have disappeared. Is Phil purposely deleting any info concerning this USA availability?
John Lai said:
I got an email informing that the PD70X available in USA

http://hyperdrive.com/shop/index.php

John
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  • markE
http://www.wingsoflight.com

'Good wildlife photography is a controlled accident,
a vision of preparation and surrender materialized.'

 
I think he saw that there was a new poster whose first post looked like advertising. Maybe it was or wasn´t. I dunno, but it´s his right to make those judgement calls. He probably recognizes the pattern better than we do.

Guy Moscoso
markE said:
I received the same email (I already have a PD70X). Funny thing is,
this is "old" news, as last night there were at least two threads
on this forum announcing this USA availability. Now the threads
seem to have disappeared. Is Phil purposely deleting any info
concerning this USA availability?
John Lai said:
I got an email informing that the PD70X available in USA

http://hyperdrive.com/shop/index.php

John
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gmosc said:
I think he saw that there was a new poster whose first post looked
like advertising.
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That could be, but I thought I saw more than one thread going on last night. Then again, it was past my bedtime and I could've been seeing double. LOL!

Just in case: "I am in no way affiliated with CompactDrive, HyperDrive, or Eastgear". I just have one of the untis and I love it." ;-)

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  • markE
http://www.wingsoflight.com

'Good wildlife photography is a controlled accident,
a vision of preparation and surrender materialized.'

 
There was definitely more than one threa, because I posted in two of them.

Quite curious: Super cheap price, Phil pulls the threads. Is it legit?

alan.
markE said:
gmosc said:
I think he saw that there was a new poster whose first post looked
like advertising.
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That could be, but I thought I saw more than one thread going on
last night. Then again, it was past my bedtime and I could've been
seeing double. LOL!

Just in case: "I am in no way affiliated with CompactDrive,
HyperDrive, or Eastgear". I just have one of the untis and I love
it." ;-)

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  • markE
http://www.wingsoflight.com

'Good wildlife photography is a controlled accident,
a vision of preparation and surrender materialized.'

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Like what was pointed out in one of the deleted threads, the price does not include a drive so it really is not super cheap or cheap compared to buying one from Eastgear. It's a little cheaper yes and you get support within the continent supposedly anyway.
ADSinger said:
There was definitely more than one threa, because I posted in two
of them.

Quite curious: Super cheap price, Phil pulls the threads. Is it legit?

alan.
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Right you are. I saw the "HD80" nomenclature and thought the price included the big drive. Thanks for correcting me. As to support, I have been happy with Eastgear's service and communications.

alan.
JojieRT said:
ADSinger said:
There was definitely more than one threa, because I posted in two
of them.

Quite curious: Super cheap price, Phil pulls the threads. Is it legit?

alan.
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Interesting... Sure looks like a PD70X... but it doesn't say it is...

I wonder if this company/name/product distributer has dealt with the issue of patents that suposedly existed with the PD70X...

Also, I wonder if this is a nock off product or if it really has some official ties to the CompactDrive product of simmilar look...

How about the most recent firmware updates? or any other firmware updates that might come out for the PD70X.... Will they work? or what?

I'd be leary of buying this product untill there were some answers to some of those questions...

Given the free shiping in the USA it's not a bad price... but then I'd still want to see some questions answered about it's origins...
John Lai said:
I got an email informing that the PD70X available in USA

http://hyperdrive.com/shop/index.php

John
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I am a bit leary of any online vendor that does not indicate an actual street address or physical location. It is also the only product that they have listed on the site that I can see. A who is of the domain reveals very little as the contact names are protected another concern for me. It does say it has one an award at DMA I did not check that out. Could be fine but I will let someone else risk the security of their CC number before I do.
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Paul Guba New Jersey Photographer
http://www.gubavision.com
 
Hi Paul,

Thank you for the feedback.

We have recently updated our pages to provide more information about our company, in it, you will find our US office address:
http://www.hyperdrive.com/shop/information.php?info_id=15

The whois protection is in place to protect against unsolicited email or spam. Nevertheless we will be more transparent by turning off the whois protection and making our contact information available to the public.

At the moment, we only accept credit card payments via PayPal. All credit card information are transmitted directly via a secure connection to PayPal, a company of eBay Inc. Under no circumstances do we have access to customers credit card information.

Sanho LLC is also an exhibting company at CES 2006, the world's largest consumer electronics trade show to be held in Las Vegas from 5-8 Jan 2006.
http://www.cesweb.org/attendees/directory/rd_exhibitor_details.asp?exhibid=9141

We are expected to pick up yet another innovation award at CES 2006. Details will be announced on Nov 15 at a pre-CES 2006 press conference held in NY.

Our IRAS EIN number is 20-3492348

I trust that with all these information, you will be satisfied that we are a legitimate business.
Paul Guba said:
I am a bit leary of any online vendor that does not indicate an
actual street address or physical location. It is also the only
product that they have listed on the site that I can see. A who is
of the domain reveals very little as the contact names are
protected another concern for me. It does say it has one an award
at DMA I did not check that out. Could be fine but I will let
someone else risk the security of their CC number before I do.
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Enjoy the Day

Paul Guba New Jersey Photographer
http://www.gubavision.com
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Glenn W. said:
Interesting... Sure looks like a PD70X... but it doesn't say it
is...

Also, I wonder if this is a nock off product or if it really has
some official ties to the CompactDrive product of simmilar look...

How about the most recent firmware updates? or any other firmware
updates that might come out for the PD70X.... Will they work? or
what?
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HD80 & PD70X are one and the same product. All firmware updates will work on both products. In fact, we can provide support, warranties and handle returns for all CompactDrives right here in the US, there is no need to ship your items out of the US and incur heavy shipping expenses.
Glenn W. said:
I wonder if this company/name/product distributer has dealt with
the issue of patents that suposedly existed with the PD70X...
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This matter is currently being resolved with the patent owners, nevertheless it should only concern the US distributor and not end users.
Glenn W. said:
I'd be leary of buying this product untill there were some answers
to some of those questions...

Given the free shiping in the USA it's not a bad price... but then
I'd still want to see some questions answered about it's origins...
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You can read my other post about our origins.
 
How come you don't carry the HD80 with hard drives already installed? Will you carry them in the near future?
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Thanks,

Stephen
 
Actually, I think it is a good idea that they don't come with them installed. It looks like a very easy procedure and the consumer gets to pick which size they would like. I have a 30 gb drive I'm not using and have just ordered the HD80. I think $149 is a very fair price.
 
HyperDrive said:
HD80 & PD70X are one and the same product.
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I kind of figured that since the subject line of the email I recieved was:
"CompactDrive PD70X now available in USA!"
HyperDrive said:
All firmware updates
will work on both products. In fact, we can provide support,
warranties and handle returns for all CompactDrives right here in
the US, there is no need to ship your items out of the US and incur
heavy shipping expenses.
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Wow, that's great to hear. Thanks!

Did you know that previous threads related to your product had mysteriously disappeared the day after being posted?

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  • markE
http://www.wingsoflight.com

'Good wildlife photography is a controlled accident,
a vision of preparation and surrender materialized.'

 
We are currently sourcing for a reliable hard disk supplier and should be able to carry HD80 with hard disks instaled in December 2005. However as Jeff pointed out, it is fairly easy to buy any 2.5" IDE hard disk from your local computer store or from Tiger Direct,

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_hdd.asp?CatId=1277

It takes less than 5 mins to install and format:

http://www.hyperdrive.com/shop/information.php?info_id=14
curly said:
How come you don't carry the HD80 with hard drives already
installed? Will you carry them in the near future?
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Thanks,

Stephen
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markE said:
Did you know that previous threads related to your product had
mysteriously disappeared the day after being posted?
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Well it's Phil discretion to remove threads that sound like advertisements, however I hope that Phil does not remove this thread as we merely wish to provide support and answer users' queries. It's our aim to keep in the spirirt of this forum.
 
Recently there have been numerous enquiries regarding the website http://www.hyperdrive.com and their claims that Sanho Digital Electronics Co. Ltd (Ningbo, China) is under the Sanho Group of Companies.

We, as Sanho Digital Electronics Co. Ltd wish to state that we are not in any way linked or affiliated to Sanho LLC (USA) or Sanho Electronics Pte Ltd (Singapore). We are also not under the Sanho Group of Companies.

Hyperdrive HD80 is an OEM product of our world renowned Compactdrive PD70X and Sanho LLC is only the distributor for Hyperdrive HD80 in USA.

We regret that Sanho LLC and Sanho Electronics Pte Ltd have sought to cause confusion among our distributors and customers worldwide by some of their claims on their website.

We wish to state that EastGear Pte Ltd is the Manufacturer and International Sales Representative of CompactDrive and the official website for CompactDrive is http://www.compactdrive.com

For all Technical Support on CompactDrive products, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]

For further clarifications, please contact

[email protected]
Sanho Digital Electronics Co. Ltd

[email protected]
Eastgear Pte Ltd
 
What on earth is going on here?

As I said elsewhere : this will only cause confusion amongst potential buyers.

Now, where's that NexTo link .....

Mark
 
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