PMW EX1/3: Use cheap USB Hard Disk Drives up 168GB!

Thanks for the link. I got a guy that has Emailed me that is building units that have an internal rechargable battery and mounts to the camera shoe. Plus can run off an external power.
 
Damon, FYI we are getting setup to become a stocking US distributor for e-films. If you are in US, it might be advantageous for you to be able to get delivery from here instead of dealing with shipping from AU.
 
I'm in the states. And so is the guy I'm buying it from. He's offering a cheaper HDD and higher priced SSD version. the HDD requires an AC power supply but the SSD can use a build in battery pack or AC pwer supply. He's getting all his stuff together to start offering it for retail sale at somepoint. But Dealing with people direct for now. I just want to be able to film a bunch and not pay a butt load for chips.
 
PHU-120K

The PHU-120K offers approx. 400 min of HD recording to enhance the XDCAM EX workflow capabilities.
This new drive unit has a 120gb drive.
Does it mean that the 80gb limit is not manifest anymore?
 
Kingston has a 64gig. SSD for $149.00 found at Fry's electronics. I tested the write and read at 88mb/ps and 114.5mb/ps respectively. This will give you 3hrs. and 50some minutes at HQ. The 80Gig. SSD is $399.00. In time, the price should be under $200.00. You don't what to know what the 128Gig. SSD are going for! Carl
 
I have tested the PHU-60K interface with a 160 GB usb-harddisk unit and it worked. The only thing was that I couldn't format the drive to its full capacity. It formatted only 80 GB.
There is one big question with the Sony Express card-USB adapter. Were there should be 5 volts, there is only 3.x volts. IMO the PHU-60K unit is using this 3.x volt as a reference, because, if I only disconnect the 3.x volt, the PHU doesn't communicate with the camera.
I opened the PHU and I found that Sony is using a Toshiba 60 GB 1.8 “ Zif drive.
It must be possible to replace this drive with a 1.8" SSD zif drive, to get rid of the restore errors. And now I wonder if the 80 GB barrier is gone now with the introduction of the 120 GB PHU unit. Probably with the new firmware; who can tell?? Sony won't tell us I guess.
http://www.memoryc.com/products/description/64GB_KingSpec_1_8-ZIF_40_pin_SSD_Solid_State_Disk-MLC_/index.html
 
I've had this issue before replacing hard drives on DVD video recorders; you can replace a H/D unit with a larger drive, but the unit only sees X#s of Gigs. regardless of capacity since the "table" on the recording unit, be it desk top or camera, can only address what is programed to address per partition. In the case of the EX-1&3s, it is limited to 80Gig. (per slot) max I believe for now. Trying to get more by connecting a larger drive (with a single partition) to it is like trying to get blood out of a turnip! It's gotta be true 'cuz I asked Grommet and he concurs. -- Carl
 
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