1 GB Memory Stick PRO Duo Flash Memory Card MSXM1GST

If you have the PSP and a little extra cash, it's pretty much mandatory that you get a Memory Stick Duo card. The 32MB that comes in the PSP Value Pack is just a joke -- unless you plan to use the PSP strictly for gaming only, in which case you don't need to buy a larger-capacity memory card. (I suspect Sony includes a small Memory Stick Duo card in the Value Pack to discourage people from copying movies to the PSP. Just my wild guess.) If, however, you want to take full advantage of the PSP multimedia experience, a larger-capacity Memory Stick Duo is just a must. Consider yourself lucky, for just six months ago a 1GB Memory Stick Duo (MSD for short) would have made you $300-$400 poorer. Kudos to Sony for bringing the price down to something we mere mortals can afford. But curses to Sony for not using an industry standard format like Secure Digital. Anyway, you have pretty much two choices when it comes to 1GB MSD cards. Either a Sony, or a Sandisk. Lexar (another company) is supposed to be selling it, too, but I haven't seen theirs in the retail channel, so the choice comes down to either Sony or Sandisk. As I mentioned many times in my previous reviews, I still have lingering doubts about Sandisk's quality control, as in the past I had no less than two Sandisk flash memory cards fail on me when I needed reliability the most (i.e., a "Kodak moment" for my digital camera). The price difference between a Sony 1GB MSD adn a Sandisk seems pretty small. BTW, if you see a 1GB MSD for over $150 in a store, you'd be overpaying, so come back to Amazon and get it here. The popularity of the PSP does make both the Sony and the Sandisk 1GB MSD cards hard to find, so maybe you just want to grab whichever one that's in stock. I myself am willing to pay a bit extra for Sony's reliability, but other people have had luck with Sandisk MSD's, so don't let my experience discourage you from getting a Sandisk. It's just that with the Sony memory card, you're unlikely to have any problems, assuming you don't bite or let your dog nibble on the card. 1GB is a lot of memory. Most PSP games use 600KB-800KB for game save data. MP3 tunes encoded at the most common 128kbps bit rate runs about 1MB/minute, so a 4-minute song will occupy 4MB. Video files are harder to summarize since there are so many different encoding bitrates and options (e.g., 15fps or 30fps, mono or stereo or surround sound). I encode at 384kbps/15fps/mono, and one hour of video takes about 150MB. If you want to encode at the more fluid 512kbps/30fps/stereo, expect about 300MB per hour. In short, you should have no trouble fitting more than one full-length movies on this. Feel free to e-mail me at gadgester @t hotmail if you have any questions. Because this MSD card is also "MagicGate-compatible", meaning it supports Sony's digital rights management technology, you can use it in Sony's digital audio players that take Memory Stick Duo or the full-sized Memory Stick. An adapter is included in the package so if you have Sony gear that only takes the original, full-sized Memory Stick (e.g., most Sony miniDV camcorders and digital cameras), you can stick the smaller Memory Stick Duo into the adapter and then insert the adapter into the gizmo.

Simply put, Sony cameras need a Sony memory stick, so you have no choice but to buy this. I needed it for my Sony DSC-S700. This is expensive as far as memory sticks go. However, I never had a problem with either the camera, or my computer reading this. It's a very reliable way to store your photos and transfer to a computer. With the memory, I was able to store hundreds of pics on the card at a high resolution. It was the only memory card I needed for my 3 week vacation. The transfer speed is very good, but for a large amount of pics, you'll want a card reader. For taking video, it only stores about 9 minutes at high resolution, so you'll need more storage for that. All in all, a good memory card.

I decided to purchase this unit over the SanDisk, due to the large number of complaints about it suddenly not working. There are many arguments FOR the SanDisk, as it appears to be faster. However, most people shopping fail to take into account the use of the device. This is not going to be used to store hi-res large file images taken from a digitial camera. The write spead is irrelevant! The small file size of the PSP game saves will exhibit no difference. Transferring a 100MB plus file over USB will offer only negligible speed differences. So, if you want speed that makes no difference go for the SanDisk. If you want reliability, go for the Sony. I've had no issues with this card and feel I made the right choice. Only reason I gave it 4 stars, is because these suckers are expensive!

This memory is really fast, works with no complication with and without the adaptor. But in retrospective, I t will be better to get a SD version if your camera allow it, in my case I had a SONY camera that only works with MS, and this is the pricey way to go, thats why I didnt give 5 stars

Finally, one that works in my camera! I’ve tried several others, and they don’t work at all?

Never worked. Tried getting ahold of some sort of support to no avail.

There was no adapter in the package that was advertised in the photo. Other then that the card works fine.

This is definitely a great investment. I can take as many pictures as I want to and not have to worry that the stick is getting full. I have two sons who also like to take pictures and in the past I would have to take my pictures off the stick so they could use it to take their pictures because the stick we were using had less memory and got full really fast. Now I can leave my pictures on the memory stick as long as I want to, until I'm ready to download them or delete them. Everyone should start off with a 1GB memory stick because it's convenient and really worth the money spent.

This product was purchased to use in my Sony HandyCam. When I place it in the handycam I get an error message - "Memory Stick Error." I tried returning it but the seller has refused my return. Overall I have been pleased with my purchases from Amazon, but now I am having second thoughts about purchasing any future items. Disappointed with Amazon and this company.