Re: About Sony memory stick Pro - Magic Gate

You can ignore the Magic Gate feature unless you intend to use the card to
store encrypted commercial content, like music files. Magic Gate enables
such content to be played but not copied. It's irrelevent to digital camera
use.

Until last year, Sony had cards with and without Magic Gate, but they have
decided to standardise with Magic Gate since then. As far as I know, all
Sony branded Memory Stick *Pro* cards have had Magic Gate since they were
introduced. Pro cards, like yours, have a faster data interface and a much
higher data storage addressing limit than the old cards. So you can rest
assured you have the best spec. Sony Memory Stick card :)

When your card was introduced over two years ago, it cost something like 5x
the price you probably paid!

Ian

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"Cathy" <not@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Digital Photography Now" <infoplsremove@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:p3__e.3224$0w.1865@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> No need to worry, Magic Gate digital rights managent (DRM) is now
> standard
>> on all new Sony Memory Stick cards. It does not affect the operation
> of the
>> card on your camera.
>
> That was fast :) Can you please tell me what the difference is between
> Sony Memory stick Pro Magic Gate and regular Sony memory stick Pro?
> Since I posted my message, I found a part in my instruction manual which
> lists memory sticks to use with the DSC W5 with notes beside them.
> One note said: "Memory stick Magic Gate and Memory stick Pro are
> equipped with Magic Gate functions. Magic Gate is copyright technology
> that uses encryption.Data recording and playback which uses Magic Gate
> cannot be used with this camera" (this last part made me wonder). Also,
> what is meant by "supports high speed transfer using parallel
> interface" - what is parallel interface? After I bought the Sony memory
> stick pro/Magic gate it seemed like the price was very good, since it
> was on sale $30.00 off. It was only $10.00 more than the regular 256 MB
> Memory Stick Pro. I thought the opposite of what you are saying - that
> maybe Magic gate was on its way out and thats why it was cheap.
>
> Cathy
>
>
>> Ian
>>
>> Digital Photography Now
>> http://dpnow.com
>> Visit our discussion forum at http://dpnow.com/Forums.html
>>
>> "Cathy" <not@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:XoqdnbZfrYI796HeRVn-rQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have a Sony DSC W5 camera and got a 512 MB Sony Memory Stick
> Pro/Magic
>> > Gate today.
>> > I was going to get a 256 MB stick, but the one I got was a good
> price.
>> > This is the first memory stick I have bought for the camera and I
> never
>> > noticed the Magic Gate part on the memory stick till I got home. Can
>> > someone who has the Sony DSC W5 tell me if I should be just getting
>> > Memory stick Pro and not Memory stick pro/Magic Gate which I read is
>> > more to do with recordings and music. I have a feeling I got the
> wrong
>> > memory stick.
>> >
>> > Cathy
>> >
>>
>>
>


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