Comments on: 8GB SD Card, $190. 8GB P2 Card? Pricele$$ apparently. http://www.freshdv.com/2007/03/8gb-sd-card-190-8gb-p2-card-pricele.html Serving up fresh, crispy news and views for creators and consumers of digital video Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:14:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Shane Ross http://www.freshdv.com/2007/03/8gb-sd-card-190-8gb-p2-card-pricele.html#comment-1631 Shane Ross Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:21:30 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/03/8gb-sd-card-190-8gb-p2-card-pricele.html#comment-1631 I'm with Mike on this...there is more going on in the P2 cards than just 4 SD cards Raided inside a PCMCIA case...and they do need to pay for R&D and all that. Macs are more expensive than PCs...why is that? R&D....solid machines...great OS. But I also agree that the prices should fluctuate more with the market. I expect the price of the 8GB cards to drop when the 16Gb cards come out. And I hope they aren't gonna be $3000 apiece. I’m with Mike on this…there is more going on in the P2 cards than just 4 SD cards Raided inside a PCMCIA case…and they do need to pay for R&D and all that. Macs are more expensive than PCs…why is that? R&D….solid machines…great OS.

But I also agree that the prices should fluctuate more with the market.

I expect the price of the 8GB cards to drop when the 16Gb cards come out. And I hope they aren’t gonna be $3000 apiece.

]]> By: Mike Curtis http://www.freshdv.com/2007/03/8gb-sd-card-190-8gb-p2-card-pricele.html#comment-1617 Mike Curtis Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:31:30 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/03/8gb-sd-card-190-8gb-p2-card-pricele.html#comment-1617 it is 4 high speed cards set up in a little RAID in there, so that pushes up the price as well. Always interesting when manufacturers base their proprietary gear on standard tech - as the standard tech prices fall, the proprietary tech doesn't tend to track with it, or lags massively behind it. Considering that Panasonic has to cover R&D, marketing, manufacturing, etc. on top of the plain SD cards that are just one component, you'd think they could at least pass on the price drop after a few months lag. Not proportionate price drop, just gear price drop. We have seen a drop in the 8GB cards since they came out, but not in line with what the market is doing. it is 4 high speed cards set up in a little RAID in there, so that pushes up the price as well.

Always interesting when manufacturers base their proprietary gear on standard tech - as the standard tech prices fall, the proprietary tech doesn’t tend to track with it, or lags massively behind it. Considering that Panasonic has to cover R&D, marketing, manufacturing, etc. on top of the plain SD cards that are just one component, you’d think they could at least pass on the price drop after a few months lag. Not proportionate price drop, just gear price drop. We have seen a drop in the 8GB cards since they came out, but not in line with what the market is doing.

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