Expresscard 34 Adapter with USB 3 & 64GB SSD at DVinfo.net

Andy Wilkinson · February 10th, 2011, 11:36 AM

For those of us who use (mainly slightly older) Apple MBPs and/or the many Windows laptops for editing on the road that have the lovely Expresscard 34 expansion slot, this item caught my eye....why oh why did Apple ditch this slot on the 15 inch MBP - don't they know what we media pros need! Anyway, let's not digress.

It's a means of adding extra drive memory (64GB SSD) AND hooking up, e.g. external 7,200 rpm hard drives with HD video etc., using a pair of those super fast USB 3 ports. Maybe that SSD part could be designated as the scratch drive too.

Seems potentially very useful so I'm posting the link, especially as I always found eSATA via an adapter to be a bit hit or miss (with my MBP with Full HD XDCAM EX footage). No price info yet.

RunCore USB 3.0 Express SSD offers 64GB of storage and two ports in one killer device -- Engadget

Jack Zhang · February 10th, 2011, 03:16 PM

Add an Intensity Shuttle and run Bootcamp with Cineform and it's an amazing near-lossless acquisition method. (If the Macbook Pro through Windows can do USB 3.0)

If you're not thinking Macbooks, a i5 or i7 Windows Laptop can definitely do this.

Ben Lynn · February 10th, 2011, 07:58 PM

The Intensity Shuttle isn't rated for any laptops. I tried a usb 3.0 card/express slot on my Toshiba and it didn't work. Apparently the uncompressed requires more bandwidth than the expresscard slots offer on laptops. I had to use a desktop with the built in 3.0 to capture uncompressed.

I sure wish it would have worked because I was thinking the same thing: a nice uncompressed portable capture solution.

February 10th, 2011, 11:36 AM	#1
Andy Wilkinson Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 2,853	Expresscard 34 Adapter with USB 3 & 64GB SSD For those of us who use (mainly slightly older) Apple MBPs and/or the many Windows laptops for editing on the road that have the lovely Expresscard 34 expansion slot, this item caught my eye....why oh why did Apple ditch this slot on the 15 inch MBP - don't they know what we media pros need! Anyway, let's not digress. It's a means of adding extra drive memory (64GB SSD) AND hooking up, e.g. external 7,200 rpm hard drives with HD video etc., using a pair of those super fast USB 3 ports. Maybe that SSD part could be designated as the scratch drive too. Seems potentially very useful so I'm posting the link, especially as I always found eSATA via an adapter to be a bit hit or miss (with my MBP with Full HD XDCAM EX footage). No price info yet. RunCore USB 3.0 Express SSD offers 64GB of storage and two ports in one killer device -- Engadget __________________ Andy K Wilkinson - https://www.shootingimage.co.uk Cambridge (UK) Corporate Video Production

February 10th, 2011, 03:16 PM	#2
Jack Zhang Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posts: 3,053	Add an Intensity Shuttle and run Bootcamp with Cineform and it's an amazing near-lossless acquisition method. (If the Macbook Pro through Windows can do USB 3.0) If you're not thinking Macbooks, a i5 or i7 Windows Laptop can definitely do this.

February 10th, 2011, 07:58 PM	#3
Ben Lynn Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bloomington, IL Posts: 636	The Intensity Shuttle isn't rated for any laptops. I tried a usb 3.0 card/express slot on my Toshiba and it didn't work. Apparently the uncompressed requires more bandwidth than the expresscard slots offer on laptops. I had to use a desktop with the built in 3.0 to capture uncompressed. I sure wish it would have worked because I was thinking the same thing: a nice uncompressed portable capture solution.