Re: Fastest SxS card reader
 

Yes I did. No luck. Is there SxS driver? Customer support agent at SIIG says its plug and play card, and all drivers updated from OS when card is installed. But all my MxM cards work fine with it.

Re: Fastest SxS card reader
 

The MxM card uses USB 2.0 interface which is also supported by your reader, and is P&P indeed.

In order to use the SxS PCIe interface, you need to install the driver; you can find it at Sony web site.

HTH

Piotr

Re: Fastest SxS card reader
 

Has anyone tried this?
Sonnet - Qio: Professional Universal Media Reader/Writer Plus Four eSATA Ports

It looks like an awesome option for offloading cards.

Andrew

Re: Fastest SxS card reader
 

First off, it does not work on Windows.

Secondly, it costs almost $1000.

And lastly, it has many bugs and issues from what I have read.

Re: Fastest SxS card reader
 

Well heck, Steve, apart from that, what's wrong with it? ;-)

Re: Fastest SxS card reader
 

$1000 is not too bad considering all it supposedly does.
If it could offload 2 cards simultaneously, or move data off the card directly to a raid drive at an extremely fast rate, it could be worth it for well funded, but timeline driven job.

Of course...if it doesn't work, then the price doesn't matter.
...and I would need it to work with Windows anyway.

Re: Fastest SxS card reader
 

I believe Sonnet are working on new drivers for the PC and updated drivers for the Mac to resolve some of the bugs. I'm hoping to get one to review after NAB.

Re: Fastest SxS card reader
 

Andrew, I agree.

The only reason I know about its bugs and issues is because I want one so I can offload multiple SxS and CF cards (from nanoFlash). I don't like waiting forever for a 64GB CF card to download especially when my 32GB SxS is done in a few minutes.

Do you know of ShotPut Pro? This software will offload cards to multiple drives all at the same time.

Re: Fastest SxS card reader
 

I've been using the NEXTO 2500 for very fast SxS card uploads, but it's much slower with the CF cards. I stopped by the NEXTO booth at NAB, and apparently their new 25xx series (replacing the 2500) units have considerably faster CF transfer speeds - plus at least one of them will transfer to two drives simultaneously at top speed using an esata link between the drives.

Re: Fastest SxS card reader
 

Sony's reader is $270.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/526430-REG/Sony_SBAC_US10_SBAC_US10_SxS_Memory_Card.html
There are reviews posted on B&H's website and they look positive. If I had to get one that's probably what I'd end up springing for.

Re: Fastest SxS card reader
 

you can find older 15" MBPs with expresscard slots for around $400-$500 US.