I was looking at using a memory stick in my TR because I have a reader in my desktop and thought it would be an easy way to keep them “synched” but am curious if anyone knows what the maximum size the TR will be able to handle. The prices are so low that I’d like to get the largest size it can manage.

Any suggestions?

I am going to assume you mean a flash / thumb drive and not memory stick since memory stick usually refers to RAM?

Anyway, I use a 60GB external drive through USB as well as a 6GB Sony Microvault thumb drive. No problems with those.

If you are talking of the magic gate pro slot, I was thinking of getting something too only beacuse its on board so you can keep it in the TR unlike a usb pen drive.

however read this before buying anything that seems very good value:-

http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/FAKE-Sony-Memory-Stick-Pro-Duo-MagicGate-Cards-Exposed_W0QQugidZ10000000001535763

Thanks to both of you for your responses, I was thinking of something that went in the slot (I have enough USB items sticking out!) I’ll check out the link BladeRunner.

Samurai®¥© - 08 November 2007 05:35 PM

I am going to assume you mean a flash / thumb drive and not memory stick since memory stick usually refers to RAM?

Ok, having worked in IT for over 10 years, this is just plain wrong.  Sorry, no offence but referring to a DIMM as a memory stick is incorrect and I don’t recall ever hearing this in the industry either.

Anyhow, to the question at hand.  The TR’s have a Memory Stick PRO reader, the memory stick pro standard supports a maximum media size of 32GB.  Memory Stick PRO High Speed media is backwards compatible with standard PRO readers so these can be used, no problem.

So you could use either the 4GB or 8GB Duo’s currently available.  They don’t make full size memory stick’s in the larger sizes any more, but all duo’s now come with fullsize adapters.

MagicGate is a type of hardware DRM supported by the memory stick format, not a format itself.  I don’t think it ever took off—maybe used on PSP?

HTH,
Matt.

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_Stick
http://www.memorystick.com/en/support/faq_contents01.html#faq1_1
http://www.sony.jp/products/ms/index.html

Thanks so much Matt, that is really helpful!

Been awhile since I have been on here so I didn’t know you responded Matt.

I hope I didn’t offend you :( Some people are really precise over terminology and others are not. Hard to say anymore what is the real correct words with some things in computers. I apologize if I insulted you.

I do appreciate the explanation. I might consider adding one of those 32GB guys when they come out!