Re: About Sony memory stick Pro - Magic Gate

"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
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> "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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