Convert memory cards to USB drives $5.99

[allisolm]

I don't know how great a deal this is, but I thought it was a clever idea. The ad is available for viewing online at the Office Depot site.

Office Depot will have starting Jan 27,

Ativa? Memory Card USB Drive which converts your memory cards to USB drives for $5.99.

SD card is SKU 755109
CF is SKU 755130
MS Pro Duo is SKU 838745
microSD is SKU 838787

 

[tracerbullet]

One thing these are good at is - anyone with a Sony HDTV made int he last few years can take a card right from a digital camera and pop it into the USB slot in the TV itself and (with a few button presses on their remote) start watching a photo slide show. With the right folder setup you can copy stuff over from your PC to watch as well.

 

[Mermaidman]

I'm not sure what the benefit is. Why not just buy a memory card reader?

 

[Throckmorton]

They ARE memory card readers

 

[scootermaster]

These are great for file recovery. Most, if not all photo recovery software needs to read the memory card of a "drive". This is perfect for that, and I've been needing a cheap CF one.

Thanks!

 

[Holycrap]

I've picked up stuff like this from dealextreme.com Happy with http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1377 this one which was $3.95 shipped and does SD/MMC as well as memory stick.

 

[kalipoo2000]

thanks

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
I'm not sure what the benefit is. Why not just buy a memory card reader?

Most people only use one type of flash, and the multi-readers add useless drive letters, plus usually costs more. Also, the multi-card readers probably don't work in consumer devices (TVs, DVD players) that have USB ports.