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Ok, as far as backing your pictures up, from a camera, when you're traveling, it's quite good, no problem. It's fast, it's reliable, it reads -indeed- many types of file, no problem.
But for the other uses (video, audio, managing the files, quality of screen) you mentioned, I would not be so sure.
Video playback needs a fast machine, the Wolverine can't keep with this, so very often, movies are chopy (but it's still viewable, only, it's chopy at time).
Quality of the screen is not as good as you say, especially by today's standards. Pictures are "allright", they're not "beautiful" on the screen, if you see what I mean.
Operation is not as easy as it could be. For instance, erasing some pictures (and not all) can be a real pain, thanks to the very small buttons, and the operating interface that's a bit clumsy (there is no way to make multi selections in the same time, so you have to select each file, one by one, and erase each file, one by one).
And as a music player, well, I like VERY MUCH MORE my iPod, for sure.
I don't want to be hard on this Wolverine thing, because as a photographer myself, I find it very valuable for what it is: a multicard reader and a light, and fast, back-up for many file types indeed.
Also, it's strongly built (metal?) compared to those "plastic" things they sell you those days.
But for all the other uses, well, it's not really that, for my taste anyway.
As for video, my videos look great on it, not choppy at all. I would suggest making sure you have the current firmware and then calling their tech support for tips on getting video to work great. I did mention that I output my videos optimized for the screen size, I did this so that the ESP wouldnt have to do scaling on the fly. Little things like that can make a huge difference.
Ok, as far as backing your pictures up, from a camera, when you're traveling, it's quite good, no problem. It's fast, it's reliable, it reads -indeed- many types of file, no problem.
But for the other uses (video, audio, managing the files, quality of screen) you mentioned, I would not be so sure.
Video playback needs a fast machine, the Wolverine can't keep with this, so very often, movies are chopy (but it's still viewable, only, it's chopy at time).
Quality of the screen is not as good as you say, especially by today's standards. Pictures are "allright", they're not "beautiful" on the screen, if you see what I mean.
Operation is not as easy as it could be. For instance, erasing some pictures (and not all) can be a real pain, thanks to the very small buttons, and the operating interface that's a bit clumsy (there is no way to make multi selections in the same time, so you have to select each file, one by one, and erase each file, one by one).
And as a music player, well, I like VERY MUCH MORE my iPod, for sure.
I don't want to be hard on this Wolverine thing, because as a photographer myself, I find it very valuable for what it is: a multicard reader and a light, and fast, back-up for many file types indeed.
Also, it's strongly built (metal?) compared to those "plastic" things they sell you those days.
But for all the other uses, well, it's not really that, for my taste anyway.
As for video, my videos look great on it, not choppy at all. I would suggest making sure you have the current firmware and then calling their tech support for tips on getting video to work great. I did mention that I output my videos optimized for the screen size, I did this so that the ESP wouldnt have to do scaling on the fly. Little things like that can make a huge difference.
I mean... how is it possible to know in advance on which TV size you'll project your film(s), or images?
I have current firmware installed, the chopiness doesn't come from that, I'm pretty sure it's the slow proc built inside which is not fast enough to decode films at a sustained rate.
Anyway, it's difficult to debate precisely about these, I just wanted to "moderate" a little, based on *my* experience, what you said I found a bit optimistic about it.
But as I said, I'm happy for its main usage: multicard reader and back-up for photos when traveling.
Thanks for your cool articles, Kerry.
I mean... how is it possible to know in advance on which TV size you'll project your film(s), or images?
I have current firmware installed, the chopiness doesn't come from that, I'm pretty sure it's the slow proc built inside which is not fast enough to decode films at a sustained rate.
Anyway, it's difficult to debate precisely about these, I just wanted to "moderate" a little, based on *my* experience, what you said I found a bit optimistic about it.
But as I said, I'm happy for its main usage: multicard reader and back-up for photos when traveling.
Thanks for your cool articles, Kerry.