yeah I happened to by on the phone with Transcend Taiwan when you first posted it and I gave them the link when I got off the phone, they shared it around the office already, they loved it
Oh, thank you so much Jokiin. Very much appreciated!
Are the Transcend High Endurance cards new? I've never heard of them until your video. Great video as always!
Thanks and there's often not much budget for SD card marketing. The margins are razor thin, I had a chance to speak with an ADATA rep and they said marketing funds are incredibly tight, not much money outside of the usual channels. Transcend has their own dash cameras so that's a good avenue for them.
Sandisk I think has much better margins on their products plus they always promote themselves as the premium choice so they can get away with higher prices. They can go out and create a
dream team of photographers.
Wish I can the high endurance in Amazon but they don't ship to Malaysia...
@AndrewL, I understand you might not have access to other brands like Kingston, Adata, Integral or Toshiba to include them in the tutorial but unfortunately that leaves people who don't have local access to Transcends or Lexars wondering if any of the brands I mentioned above are also good for dashcam use.
I've been using a 32GB Class 10 Kingston for over 16 months and never had any problems with it and
@niko says good things about the Integral cards.
Jeremy and Module 79L, I need to start doing a better job catering to the SouthEast Asia regions. What are reputable stores which sell SD cards? I can start creating alternatives in my posts. Thanks for the feedback. I get a lot of viewers from that region especially Singapore.
Loving your channel/reviews Andrew, I subscribed last week. Was wondering if you were on here, keep up the great work!
Thanks comet. I am on here and not posting as much as I should. I do want to give back to the community. I think if
@jokiin can run and manage a hardware business and post as much as he does I can also do a better job. How many hours a day do you work
@jokiin?
Right now I try to push more content work during the day. I move Emails and YouTube comments afterwards and I try to get on the forums.
Great work on these guides, Andrew. You make some great points regarding the different types of NAND and the different controllers. However, I disagree with avoiding SanDisk cards. I have been using SanDisk Ultra (30mb/s) and Extreme cards (80mb/s+) for the last couple years without issues.
My iTronics and Mobius are 3 years old now, still running the same SanDisk cards without issues in my daily driver. I format them maybe once a year, or less. I have been using a SanDisk Extreme card in my SG9665Gc V2 for the last year as well.
I exclusively use SanDisk and Samsung cards in the dashcams that I test, and I have yet to encounter any problems at all. Note that I only buy my SD cards from reputable stores (ie. Amazon direct, BestBuy, Costco, etc.). SanDisk is probably the most counterfeited SD card brand, so perhaps some of the failures may be attributed to this.
I have done a lot of research in the SSD and flash memory market. SanDisk, along with Toshiba, Samsung and Micron/Intel are among the best in the industry.
Hey, so the information I used was from aggregate sources. I'm not an expert in testing but I believe to have statistically significant results you would need large samples sizes sourced from different batch dates. The Sandisk cards you have could be significantly better by several standard deviations from the average and have a great lifespan for you. That's why CPU overclockers prioritize
certain batches. However the typical Ultra card won't have as good of an experience.
The problem with Sandisk Ultra cards from what I understand is an overly aggressive controller which locks the card when it detects bad sectors. This is fine when used in smart phones but when dash cameras put a lot of wear and tear a couple poorly formed NAND cells could prematurely die and cause the controller to overreact. If your card has above average construction you won't experience problems.
I agree the companies you mention produce excellent memory but they also segment their products by intended use. I have no problems recommending Sandisk. I do believe the Extreme card you use may be MLC but their prices are astronomical relative to the benefits produced.