Was looking for 64GB USB flash drives for kids high school book list and came across this deal.
Big W had 64GB USB2.0 around $9-11 , this one is 64GB USB3.0 at $9.95
I have used Verbatim since the old school floppy disks in the 1980s.
Website claims that USB3.0 technology is up to 10x faster than USB2.0.
Verbatim website: https://www.verbatim.com.au/products/storengo-v3-usb-drive/
Jaycar website: https://www.jaycar.com.au/64gb-usb-3-0-flash-drive/p/XC5644
Hopefully filling it will take the whole school year…
Verbatim was a rock solid brand back in the day.
But they sell some really slow usb's with really slow read and write speeds these days.
(I doubt they actually make it… And just rebrand some other OEM product).
But cheap is cheap, so 2 thumbs up.
What’s the cheapest / largest usb for putting movies on for my granny’s usb port on her tv, team?
For a large USB with reasonable cost, look at putting a 512GB or 1TB micro-SD card into a small card reader. But some TVs and STBs won't work with card readers, so try it out before ordering the card.
Some card readers are smaller than FIT USB drives, ones like this: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B001MQBRJE
It's not obvious from the photos, the micro-SD card slots into the front end of the USB plug. You should be able to find a similar reader for under $10.
You may also have to re-format the card to get the TV to recognise it. All SD cards larger than 32GB come formatted as EXFAT, you may have to reformat it as VFAT or possibly NTFS. The TV's instruction manual should tell you this, and may also say there's a maximum size limitation (my STB won't handle USB devices with larger than 1TB storage, for example).
Legend. Thankyou!
I would recommend an external drive. The same USB, but capacity per dollar is way better. Smart way would be to reuse an old laptop drive by just buying a USB to SATA or USB-M2 adapter.
@Ozzster: $50 for a 512GB card plus $10 for a reader is cheaper than any normal-price USB HDD, if you're purchasing new.
You're correct though for 1TB and above, but at 1TB there's not a huge difference. A 1TB Silicon Power micro-SD was $89 only three months ago, and other 1TB micro-SD cards appear several times a year on OzBargain.
If you use a portable HDD, you'll need to find some way to secure it to the rear of your TV, as most have cords that are too short to mount it anywhere else.
@Russ: Sticky tape will do. USB stick can be cracked with unfortunate move of a tv, hdd may fall. Nothing is perfect. I did both though, and actual headache was with unwillingness of the TV to run all content. Some avi and mkv are fine, some have no HDR or green-purple only, jpg and bmp are fine, but no heiff or JPEG 2000.
USB stick can be cracked with unfortunate move of a tv,
I didn't recommend a USB stick. The card reader I linked sticks out less than 1cm from the TV, almost certainly protruding less than the USB plug of any USB HDD.
Have a look at the card reader I linked, it's really small.
no heiff or JPEG 2000.
Sadly that's the way it is with most consumer equipment. If there's no details of what formats it handles, I've learned to expect it will do the bare minimum.
I bought five of the Sandisk Ultra 64GB USB 3 sticks for $11 each at Officeworks this morning. JB HiFi and Amazon have them for the same price.
That's a good price, and they will tell you their data writing speed. The Verbatim drives don't tell you this, which usually that means they're about 4MB/second or slower.
Isn't Verbatim a "brand for hire" nowadays? Like Kodak?
The technology is faster, but not this stick. Don't be surprised if filling it will take hours.