Digital Album seems very slow

Daren said:

I've recently purchased a Nixvue Digital Album from the Thinking
Group in Hong Kong and I have some concerns and comments.

First off, it seems REALLY slow to download, taking a few hours to
D/L a 256mb CF card, is that normal? I have upgraded to the most
recent firmware (2.0) with no noticable change in D/L speeds.
Second, the battery seems weak at best, allowing only about one
download per charge. I know some devices have battery issues, esp.
the early models but I have a feeling that is not the case here...
But who knows?
Also, has anyone here changed the hard drive in one of these
things? Seems simple enough, but maybe not, eh?

Other than these issues it seems to do a fine job! TV output is so
handy, when I'm staying in a hotel w/ a TV, that is. Interface is
very basic but very fuctional, good by me. With the new firmware
upgrade it's possible to write back to CF cards, very useful! The
nice folks at Thinking Group threw in the travel kit for free,
along with a truly universal plug adapter (converts any plug to any
other plug, literally). If you're in Hong Kong and want a DA or
Vista they're the ones to talk to. They have 10gig DA's in stock
and said that will be distributing the new Vista by the end of this
month.

I guess I should really send an email to the Nixvue people, but I
wanted to hear from those that have or have tried this product.
Would you call it SLOW?

Thanks very much,
Daren

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Daren said:

I've recently purchased a Nixvue Digital Album from the Thinking
Group in Hong Kong and I have some concerns and comments.

First off, it seems REALLY slow to download, taking a few hours to
D/L a 256mb CF card, is that normal? I have upgraded to the most
recent firmware (2.0) with no noticable change in D/L speeds.
Second, the battery seems weak at best, allowing only about one
download per charge. I know some devices have battery issues, esp.
the early models but I have a feeling that is not the case here...
But who knows?
Also, has anyone here changed the hard drive in one of these
things? Seems simple enough, but maybe not, eh?

Other than these issues it seems to do a fine job! TV output is so
handy, when I'm staying in a hotel w/ a TV, that is. Interface is
very basic but very fuctional, good by me. With the new firmware
upgrade it's possible to write back to CF cards, very useful! The
nice folks at Thinking Group threw in the travel kit for free,
along with a truly universal plug adapter (converts any plug to any
other plug, literally). If you're in Hong Kong and want a DA or
Vista they're the ones to talk to. They have 10gig DA's in stock
and said that will be distributing the new Vista by the end of this
month.

I guess I should really send an email to the Nixvue people, but I
wanted to hear from those that have or have tried this product.
Would you call it SLOW?

Thanks very much,
Daren

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royc said:

Did you get travel kit for free, I just called them this morning,
she said 10G DA cost HKD $3499 w/o travel kit, if you buy direct
from them they can give you 5% off. Vista will arrive on next week
but very expensive($4999 for 30G).

Roy

Daren said:

I've recently purchased a Nixvue Digital Album from the Thinking
Group in Hong Kong and I have some concerns and comments.

First off, it seems REALLY slow to download, taking a few hours to
D/L a 256mb CF card, is that normal? I have upgraded to the most
recent firmware (2.0) with no noticable change in D/L speeds.
Second, the battery seems weak at best, allowing only about one
download per charge. I know some devices have battery issues, esp.
the early models but I have a feeling that is not the case here...
But who knows?
Also, has anyone here changed the hard drive in one of these
things? Seems simple enough, but maybe not, eh?

Other than these issues it seems to do a fine job! TV output is so
handy, when I'm staying in a hotel w/ a TV, that is. Interface is
very basic but very fuctional, good by me. With the new firmware
upgrade it's possible to write back to CF cards, very useful! The
nice folks at Thinking Group threw in the travel kit for free,
along with a truly universal plug adapter (converts any plug to any
other plug, literally). If you're in Hong Kong and want a DA or
Vista they're the ones to talk to. They have 10gig DA's in stock
and said that will be distributing the new Vista by the end of this
month.

I guess I should really send an email to the Nixvue people, but I
wanted to hear from those that have or have tried this product.
Would you call it SLOW?

Thanks very much,
Daren

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Steven Lott said:

The instruction manual states to run scan disk and defragment the
drive if you notice slower performance.

I have noticed some performance issues with mine after I used it
for about a month, the first month mine worked very qucikly with
downloads to it
I have changed camera and I am now writing to it with a different
file types and plan on formating the drive as well as doing the
Scan disk and defrag..... I will post a follow-up

Steven Lott
http://www.LottsPhoto.com/ProTips.htm

Steven Lott
http://www.LottsPhoto.com/WebCam/steve.htm

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Daren said:

I've recently purchased a Nixvue Digital Album from the Thinking
Group in Hong Kong and I have some concerns and comments.

First off, it seems REALLY slow to download, taking a few hours to
D/L a 256mb CF card, is that normal? I have upgraded to the most
recent firmware (2.0) with no noticable change in D/L speeds.
Second, the battery seems weak at best, allowing only about one
download per charge. I know some devices have battery issues, esp.
the early models but I have a feeling that is not the case here...
But who knows?
Also, has anyone here changed the hard drive in one of these
things? Seems simple enough, but maybe not, eh?

Other than these issues it seems to do a fine job! TV output is so
handy, when I'm staying in a hotel w/ a TV, that is. Interface is
very basic but very fuctional, good by me. With the new firmware
upgrade it's possible to write back to CF cards, very useful! The
nice folks at Thinking Group threw in the travel kit for free,
along with a truly universal plug adapter (converts any plug to any
other plug, literally). If you're in Hong Kong and want a DA or
Vista they're the ones to talk to. They have 10gig DA's in stock
and said that will be distributing the new Vista by the end of this
month.

I guess I should really send an email to the Nixvue people, but I
wanted to hear from those that have or have tried this product.
Would you call it SLOW?

Thanks very much,
Daren

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mahjungpan said:

Daren, How much the 20G Digital Album costs at Thinking Group ?
Also do you know there price for the Vista ? I have friend in
Hong-Kong who come to the US frequently and could buy one of those
for me if the price is good. Could you tell me the phone # and
address of "Thinking Group" ? Thanks. MJ

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Steven Lott said:

The instruction manual states to run scan disk and defragment the
drive if you notice slower performance.

I have noticed some performance issues with mine after I used it
for about a month, the first month mine worked very qucikly with
downloads to it
I have changed camera and I am now writing to it with a different
file types and plan on formating the drive as well as doing the
Scan disk and defrag..... I will post a follow-up

Steven Lott
http://www.LottsPhoto.com/ProTips.htm

Steven Lott
http://www.LottsPhoto.com/WebCam/steve.htm

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