Hard Disk Prices at DVinfo.net

John Lanza · June 4th, 2004, 11:37 PM

How much do the 40GB & 80GB drives cost?

John Lanza
Smyrna, Tennessee

Matt McEwen · June 7th, 2004, 09:33 AM

Hi John,

Here you go...

40GB = $445
80GB = $845

Regards,

Matt McEwen

Matt McEwen · July 2nd, 2004, 11:24 AM

Just as an FYI, we also now have a 40GB 2-pack available ($845) and a 2GB Solid State disk drive.

Matt

Andrew Petrie · October 21st, 2004, 01:39 PM

Is there a hybrid adapter (in a future FS model I suppose) where we can use the much more affordable 3.5", or 2.5" laptop-sized drives? I find the pricing for custom-sized firestore drives insulting (no offense).

Matt McEwen · October 21st, 2004, 01:44 PM

Andrew,
The drive prices I provided are for the internal drive slot on FS-3 and DR-DV5000. However, you can connect any FireWire drive to the HDD port on the side of the unit.
Matt

Andrew Petrie · October 21st, 2004, 09:04 PM

ah, i was under the assumption they strictly required FE-specific drives. thanks for clearing that up.

Bankim Jain · October 24th, 2004, 01:35 PM

arent there empty enclosures available for us to fit in our own drives and use !

if yes whats the pricings

Roger Moore · October 24th, 2004, 04:26 PM

Swapping hd's won't come until the next generation of devices.

You would carry spare hd's in your bag and insert them into the read/write device, which would be built-into the camera like the present tape mechanism. There would be an integrated firestore SLOT, very much like the CF card slots in digital cameras, making external firestore peripherals obsolete..that would allow you to pop in/eject hard drives at will.

June 4th, 2004, 11:37 PM	#1
John Lanza New Boot Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Smyrna, Tennessee Posts: 11	Hard Disk Prices How much do the 40GB & 80GB drives cost? John Lanza Smyrna, Tennessee

October 21st, 2004, 01:39 PM	#4
Andrew Petrie Major Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 484	Is there a hybrid adapter (in a future FS model I suppose) where we can use the much more affordable 3.5", or 2.5" laptop-sized drives? I find the pricing for custom-sized firestore drives insulting (no offense). __________________ Andrew \| Canon XL1s, ME66, Vinten Vision 3, GlideCam V16 (for sale!)

October 21st, 2004, 09:04 PM	#6
Andrew Petrie Major Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 484	ah, i was under the assumption they strictly required FE-specific drives. thanks for clearing that up. __________________ Andrew \| Canon XL1s, ME66, Vinten Vision 3, GlideCam V16 (for sale!)

October 24th, 2004, 01:35 PM	#7
Bankim Jain Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: USA Posts: 219	arent there empty enclosures available for us to fit in our own drives and use ! if yes whats the pricings __________________ Cheers !

June 7th, 2004, 09:33 AM	#2
Matt McEwen Focus Enhancements Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Campbell, CA. Posts: 508	Hi John, Here you go... 40GB = $445 80GB = $845 Regards, Matt McEwen

July 2nd, 2004, 11:24 AM	#3
Matt McEwen Focus Enhancements Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Campbell, CA. Posts: 508	Just as an FYI, we also now have a 40GB 2-pack available ($845) and a 2GB Solid State disk drive. Matt

October 21st, 2004, 01:44 PM	#5
Matt McEwen Focus Enhancements Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Campbell, CA. Posts: 508	Andrew, The drive prices I provided are for the internal drive slot on FS-3 and DR-DV5000. However, you can connect any FireWire drive to the HDD port on the side of the unit. Matt

October 24th, 2004, 04:26 PM	#8
Roger Moore Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: toronto Posts: 99	Swapping hd's won't come until the next generation of devices. You would carry spare hd's in your bag and insert them into the read/write device, which would be built-into the camera like the present tape mechanism. There would be an integrated firestore SLOT, very much like the CF card slots in digital cameras, making external firestore peripherals obsolete..that would allow you to pop in/eject hard drives at will.