natedaniel wrote:Oh man, I stupidly bought two thinking it's good for my evo since an evo comment was considered a "quality post".... Anyone know a way to cancel? I can't really afford to just waste $15.

Send an email to the Woot gods at service@woot.com

They are very understanding.

greyfox656 wrote:It only has a maximum write speed, which really doesn't mean anything at the end of the day. The minimum write speed is what really matters. You'll rarely ever see that maximum speed, and certainly not when it matters, such as taking pictures.

In short, assume it's the slowest POS SD Card and call it free with the cable.

What? Minimum write speed?!?!?....you mean 0 (zero) bits/sec? There's no such measure as minimum write speed. Yes there's an upper limit (max speed), but you can always write as slow as your device wants/needs to.

These are great for camcorders. If you have a decent HD camcorder chances are it has a mini HDMI port on it. Like a Canon Vixia or other AVCHD camcorder.

This is a much better way to watch your videos on a lcd tv, compared to the usual included RCA cable.

SD card is kind of a pointless bonus IMO. Might be good as a spare!

I've been trying to figure out who Digital Gadgets is...

They seem to provide accessory bundles for QVC.
They have an Amazon Storefront offering none of their products.
They seem to own the Sylvania brand name and are making the tablets, netbooks, flipcams branded as such.
Or these are 2 unrelated companies all using the same name and logo...

I tried to wayback machine their website and that went no where very useful.

About the SD Card -
Wikipedia says

SD cards (non-SDHC) with greater than 1 GB capacity

The SD Card Association's current specifications define how a standard SD (non-SDHC) card with more than 1 GB and up to 4 GB capacity should be designed. These cards should be readable in any SD 1.01 devices that take the block length data into account. Any 1 GB or lesser card should always work (so the key question is how one's reader handles block length).

According to the specification,[25] the maximum capacity of a standard SD card is defined by (BLOCKNR × BLOCK_LEN), where BLOCKNR may be (4,096 × 512) and BLOCK_LEN may be up to 2,048. This allows a capacity of 4 GB. The main problem is that some of the card readers support only a block (or, sector) size of 512 bytes, so greater than 1 GB non-SDHC cards may cause compatibility difficulties for users of such devices.

Emphasis mine.

While the sticker seems to say just SD... is there an open one around the warehouse we could get peeked at to see if it is SD or SDHC?

Gatzby wrote:Best thing to do is get in touch with service@woot.com as soon as possible. Please include your order number.

Thank you so much

nathanharig wrote:This is exactly the kind of cord you'll want if you plan on getting a Motorola Xoom, in for one!

Nope - that one like most mobile devices requires Micro HDMI

This is gonna be perfect for the BlackBerry Playbook!

gregdanielius wrote:****WARNING HTC EVO 4G USERS!****

The cable on today's woot has a Mini-HDMI connector - The Evo 4G requires a cable with a Micro-HDMI connector.

That is all.

You just saved me $10. Thanks.

bglaszcz wrote:Droid X is same as Evo, it requires a Micro HDMI.

Side note, the only real capability the micro hdmi port allows is viewing your gallery on the tv. It won't output your screen to the tv.

Thanks! x2 ; )

DennisEChung wrote:Is the SD card a class 2?

There is a lot of confusion caused by measuring speed in mega-bits or mega-bytes per second. Most careful wordsmith's use MB/s to indicate mega-bytes. If Woot correctly reports 15.6 MB/s then the card is faster than Class 10. This would be 124.8 Mb/s or greater than 100x (the CD-ROM speed.)

In the 4GB size, there is an overlap of incompatible specifications. There are SD cards that are non-SDHC, and SDHC cards. Some readers, like the 2009 Audi cars cannot read SDHC cards, and only non-SDHC cards will work. Today it almost impossible to find 4GB non-SDHC cards. On the off chance these are non-SDHC (they are by the label, but you don't really know until you test it) I am in for three.

As an EVO owner I know a mini-HDMI cable will not fit. Only a micro-HDMI cable fits an EVO. (it is a Sprint 4G Droid phone if you are from Rio Linda, CA)

Hrm, I believe this will work with my outgoing SD4000 (anybody interested in a 2-mo old refurb for $150?), my incoming S95 (woooot!), and our 4GB UltraHD Flip. (Note that the 8GB UltraHD Flip uses Micro-HDMI, but it looks like the other models all use Mini.)

Yep I am one of the poor chumps who bought one thinking the Xoom would use the larger mini HDMI standard but upon furthwer research it seams only micro-usb will fit.

DO NOT BUY FOR XOOM...

I view this no-name SD card as a throwaway, so the deal is $10 for the cable.

Looks like a 6 foot mini-HDMI to HDMI cable is available on MonoPrice for <$6 shipped and taxed. Or if you already have a spare HDMI cable, you can get a mini-HDMI to HDMI adapter for <$4.25 shipped and taxed.

A couple of devices that use mini-HDMI:
Canon SX20 IS
Flip MinoHD (might be a version difference here)

so is this cable good for anything useful?

DennisEChung wrote:Is the SD card a class 2?

According to: http://www.sdcard.org/developers/tech/speed_class/

Class 2 is the lowest but the HD cable would lead you to believe that its at least class 4.

I suppose there's only one way to find out...

What is a mini good for, or are just micro and regular useful

greyfox656 wrote:It only has a maximum write speed, which really doesn't mean anything at the end of the day. The minimum write speed is what really matters.

that makes no damn sense

bglaszcz wrote:You are exactly right. Droid X and HTC Evo use the Micro HDMI(Type D) cord, not a Mini(Type C).

Here it is for $2.50 at amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Micro-HDMI-Cable-Motorola-Droid/dp/B003XNANU8

csempere wrote:Just purchased the Sanyo VPC-GH2 High Definition Camcorder that was on woot the other day. Would this be a good accessory for that hd camcorder? What would be the benefit of the HDMI cord (plug n play on tv)?

Not the SD card. I purchased the same camcorder and in reading up on it the biggest complaints where battery life and skipping video. Most of the people where trying to use a class 4 SDHC card. I purchased a class 10, 32gb SDHC card.

The cable though, not a bad price.

My HD Flip uses this cord! All Flip owners should at least check it out. I'm too lazy right now to check my Flip model number but I bought it new in June - I think at least one gen has been issued since so outputs might have changed.

What's with the HDMI cables lately??

In for three. Checked my Sony HDR-SR5, should work with this. One for bag, one by TV and the other as a spare or gift. The SD, cards will will be extra storage for electronic spies or gifts as well. Not bad under 20 bucks.

I'm in for 3. I am the guy who always has cords laying around to give to people...the generosity always pays itself back two-fold.

Will this work with the Droid X? Does anyone know?

I really need a 10' of these. I have a monitor setup that needs this configuration, and 6' is just a tad short.

I welcome the arrival of our robotic overlords.

Since most people don't really need the 4GB card, the cable HDMI <-> MINI-HDMI is cheaper at monoprice. I can't vouch for the quality of the monoprice cables, but then again I can't vouch for the quality of this cable from woot either.

these are good for mini projectors, some camcorders, and newer (gtx 4XX) Nvidia video cards.

THEdub27 wrote:You just saved me $10. Thanks.

I've used my droid X MICRO hdmi cable once (to test it) since then it's been put in my pile of cables draw and not used. Only cool use I think is streaming slingbox from your phone to a big screen.

Class 2 – 16Mbps – 2MBps
Class 4 – 32Mbps – 4MBps
Class 6 – 48Mbps – 6MBps

Looks like they will work for my Panasonic HDC-TM700 High Definition Camcorder, So I'm in for 2 so I don't have to haul it back and forth to my office during down times like this.

Thanks WOOT.

Come on Woot! Didn't we just have HDMI cables two days ago?

This little bundle is nice, but I think it is incomplete without a nice SD card case. Look at eporterinc.com to pick up a great case to hold 3 of your spare SD cards. Mention woot and I'll refund the shipping charged by our online shopping cart. (this will be done manually and not at time of check out.)

Monoprice.com has a 6' HDMI to mini for <$4 plus cheap shipping.

Was in for one until I remember shipping is literally as much as the the items I can get for less, seperately. Thanks anyway, woot

Samsung HMX-M20 video camera uses Mini-HDMI output. Already have the cable so this woot isn't for me. Samsung recommends a minimum Class 6 for HD camcorders and this card looks to be Class 2.

what class is the card?

I'm on the fence with this one. They can be used with Sony DSLRs that shoot HD, but I'm trying to envision a scenario where this would be more useful than loading the movies onto my HTPC and playing them back that way.

This is not only a good Digital Camcorder Kit, but a good kit for tablet PC's as well.
My EXOPC Slate has a mini-HDMI out, and an SD/SDHC card slot.
Good deal, Woot. Thanks!

Psychlist1972 wrote:Hands up if you came here from Twitter thinking Woot had a crazy sale for a cheap cheap cheap camcorder + memory card + cable

*hands up*