lexar vs. Sony

agatha · Jan 17, 2002

i just bought my first digital camera, a sony dsc_f707. the storage media confuses me. i need a 128 mg memory stick and see lexar's for @$70 while sony's are @104 at pvamll. is there a defference between the two of them?
also, the floppy reader. does it matter if i buy the lexar instead of the sony?
thanks for the help!
agatha

NKH · Jan 17, 2002

hi agatha,

lexar, viking and sandisk manufacture memory sticks under license from sony...operationally, they should all work fine in your F707. the other brands have to priced less than the sony-branded ones or no one would buy them...think about it: if you could choose 128mb memory sticks from sony, viking, lexar and sandisk and they were all the same price, which would you pick? the sony of course!

likewise, any memory stick reader should work for you. the dazzle-brand readers at http://www.computers4sure.com are only about $17 ( http://www.computers4sure.com/Product.asp?ProductID=392243&iid=342 ).

btw, i would personally buy the lexar 128mb memory sticks from http://www.buy.com for only $60.95 ( http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10297925 ) and you can get a $15 rebate too ( http://ak.buy.com/buy_assets/retail/pdfs/001/Mailin_RebateforJan1toJan312002.pdf ). buy at least $100 worth of stuff and use this new $10 off coupon: http://www.us.buy.com/retail/coupon.asp?prid=8156689 ! (found this at http://www.techbargains.com )

agatha said:
i just bought my first digital camera, a sony dsc_f707. the storage
media confuses me. i need a 128 mg memory stick and see lexar's for
@$70 while sony's are @104 at pvamll. is there a defference between
the two of them?
also, the floppy reader. does it matter if i buy the lexar instead
of the sony?
thanks for the help!
agatha

Burt R · Jan 17, 2002

I have bought both sticks and cannot tell the difference in use on my 707. my wife also uses both on a sony clie for audio and still no difference. as binkybarnes (great name) wrote they have to offer at a lower price and finally the price decreases are coming thorugh. In a 60 day period memory stick prices with the rebates are more than half. My wife "won" a 128 sitck on ebay for $122. 3 weeks later I bought a lexar form PCMall for $96 and the price has done nothing but drop since then.

As for a reader I use my printer (epson 785) but bought a sony mouse reader on ebay for $55. optical mouse with opening for stick. comes up as seperate drive on explorer and works great.

binkybarnes said:
lexar, viking and sandisk manufacture memory sticks under license
from sony...operationally, they should all work fine in your F707.
the other brands have to priced less than the sony-branded ones or
no one would buy them...think about it: if you could choose 128mb
memory sticks from sony, viking, lexar and sandisk and they were
all the same price, which would you pick? the sony of course!

likewise, any memory stick reader should work for you. the
dazzle-brand readers at http://www.computers4sure.com are only about $17
( http://www.computers4sure.com/Product.asp?ProductID=392243&iid=342 ).

btw, i would personally buy the lexar 128mb memory sticks from
http://www.buy.com for only $60.95
( http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10297925 ) and you can
get a $15 rebate too

( http://ak.buy.com/buy_assets/retail/pdfs/001/Mailin_RebateforJan1toJan312002.pdf ). buy at least $100 worth of stuff and use this new $10 off coupon: http://www.us.buy.com/retail/coupon.asp?prid=8156689 ! (found this at http://www.techbargains.com )

agatha said:

i just bought my first digital camera, a sony dsc_f707. the storage
media confuses me. i need a 128 mg memory stick and see lexar's for
@$70 while sony's are @104 at pvamll. is there a defference between
the two of them?
also, the floppy reader. does it matter if i buy the lexar instead
of the sony?
thanks for the help!
agatha

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--Burt R

agatha · Jan 17, 2002

Burt R said:
As for a reader I use my printer (epson 785) but bought a sony
mouse reader on ebay for $55. optical mouse with opening for
stick. comes up as seperate drive on explorer and works great.

binkybarnes said:

lexar, viking and sandisk manufacture memory sticks under license
from sony...operationally, they should all work fine in your F707.
the other brands have to priced less than the sony-branded ones or
no one would buy them...think about it: if you could choose 128mb
memory sticks from sony, viking, lexar and sandisk and they were
all the same price, which would you pick? the sony of course!

likewise, any memory stick reader should work for you. the
dazzle-brand readers at http://www.computers4sure.com are only about $17
( http://www.computers4sure.com/Product.asp?ProductID=392243&iid=342 ).

btw, i would personally buy the lexar 128mb memory sticks from
http://www.buy.com for only $60.95
( http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10297925 ) and you can
get a $15 rebate too

( http://ak.buy.com/buy_assets/retail/pdfs/001/Mailin_RebateforJan1toJan312002.pdf ). buy at least $100 worth of stuff and use this new $10 off coupon: http://www.us.buy.com/retail/coupon.asp?prid=8156689 ! (found this at http://www.techbargains.com )

agatha said:

i just bought my first digital camera, a sony dsc_f707. the storage
media confuses me. i need a 128 mg memory stick and see lexar's for
@$70 while sony's are @104 at pvamll. is there a defference between
the two of them?
also, the floppy reader. does it matter if i buy the lexar instead
of the sony?
thanks for the help!
agatha

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Burt R

guys,

thanks for the help. i just went to buy.com and bought the 128 lexar for 60.95. will get 15 as a rebate. (thanks binky!). also bought the lexar memory stick reader for 42.95. attaches to the usb port.
thanks again!
agatha

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