Explaining SD Cards: 2025 Update
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Weekly videos on computing and related topics. ExplainingComputers is produced and presented by Christopher Barnatt, who spent 25 years teaching computing and future studies in the University of Nottingham, and who is the author of thirteen books including "Digital Genesis: The Future of Computing, Robots and AI", "3D Printing: Third Edition" and "The Next Big Thing". If you are looking for hardware that I use in my videos, I have created Amazon Storefronts (US & UK) that are linked below. Please note that as an Amazon Associate I earn a commission from any qualifying purchases you may make. Please note that the e-mail address below really is for business enquiries only. If you want to contact me on another matter, please do so via a video comment. Due to the volume of communications I receive, I cannot offer a technical support service via e-mail.
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SD cards explained -- including their capacity types, speed classes, application classes, and bus interfaces. Video covers the latest SDUC cards and SD Express, and also includes comparative tests of UHS-I, UHS-II and SanDisk Quickflow UHS-I cards. As noted in the video, I personally always purchase SanDisk SD and microSD cards, and usually the Extreme PRO models. The cards I currently use are available from Amazon as follows: 256GB SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-I card: Amazon US: https://amzn.to/40jtdv7 Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3DEELjP 64GB SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II card; Amazon US: https://amzn.to/4a6Of3l Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3Pn2Ga1 64GB SanDisk Extreme PRO micro UHS-I card: Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3W6HclL Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4fQ9Pui You can also find the above cards, and well as other products that I use, on the ExplainingComputers Amazon storefronts: EC Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/shop/explainingcomputers EC Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/explainingcomputers Please note that the above are affiliate links, and that as Amazon Associate I earn a commission from any qualifying purchases. More videos on computing and related topics can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers And more videos on film and other making, plus retro tech, are on my Christopher Barnatt channel here: http://www.youtube.com/@ChristopherBarnatt Chapters: 00:00 Titles & Intro 00:48 Card Sizes & Capacities 02:54 Speed Classes 05:15 Bus Interfaces 09:34 QuickFlow & UHS-II Tests 14:19 Reality Check #Sdcards #SDUX #SDXC #SDExpress #8TB #UHSII #ExplainingComputers
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