PIX 240 Reviews?

Chris Medico · January 5th, 2012, 01:33 PM

That info is on the main website but the approved devices post in the forum has not been updated yet.

Chris Dickinson · January 8th, 2012, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Dickinson

I believe the 470 is discontinued now, so Sound Devices had better get busy testing some more SSDs! I bought tow Sandisks and had a weird moment with one. For each SSD I have a caddy, and SSD1 had a real issue - when I put it into record, it tried, but then stopped and my PIX came up with a warning "Media is too slow"... But just before going to sleep I thought I would try it one more time - you know, just in case... And it worked! Tested all compression rates and it was fine..!

Weird...

Chris

OK - so I tested it AGAIN, and it was once again SLOW! So I had to get it replaced for a new one, which works just fine - so lesson to TEST SSDs before you do a job, just because Sound Devices approves the SSDs it doesn't mean that the SSD is actually gonna work...I just didn't expect a SSD to be faulty...

Chris

Josh Dahlberg · January 8th, 2012, 11:24 PM

Curious - are any of you using CF cards with your Pix units? That was my plan as they are lighter and convenient.

Chris Dickinson · January 9th, 2012, 09:24 AM

Yes I've got Sandisk Extreme 60MB/s CFs - even though Sound Devices don't have them on the approved list, they seem to work fine. I've gone for the SSDs though because they are cheaper - a 120GB SSD cost just a little more than a 32GB 60MB/s CF card... And I can also transfer the data via firewire from the pix Caddy at a faster speed than if I was using a CF cards and USB card reader... But CF cards make for a decent second option.

Chris

January 5th, 2012, 01:33 PM	#16
Chris Medico Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Efland NC, USA Posts: 2,322	Re: PIX 240 Reviews? That info is on the main website but the approved devices post in the forum has not been updated yet. __________________ http://www.LandYachtMedia.com

January 8th, 2012, 11:24 PM	#18
Josh Dahlberg Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 513	Re: PIX 240 Reviews? Curious - are any of you using CF cards with your Pix units? That was my plan as they are lighter and convenient.

January 9th, 2012, 09:24 AM	#19
Chris Dickinson Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 38	Re: PIX 240 Reviews? Yes I've got Sandisk Extreme 60MB/s CFs - even though Sound Devices don't have them on the approved list, they seem to work fine. I've gone for the SSDs though because they are cheaper - a 120GB SSD cost just a little more than a 32GB 60MB/s CF card... And I can also transfer the data via firewire from the pix Caddy at a faster speed than if I was using a CF cards and USB card reader... But CF cards make for a decent second option. Chris __________________ Chris D www.chrisd.tv