Upgrade MicroSD what class for 1080?

[sacnotsack]

My DINC2 came with a class 4......

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[wkearney99]

When I asked on the moto forums they indicated a class 2 or better was sufficient.

 

[otacon]

unless moto actually did the smart thing and upgraded the card reader hardware, a faster class card isn't gonna do anything but cost more. I'm pretty sure the slot its still only capable of class 2, which seems to be fine for 1080 so far.

I used my D3 with a Class 2 8GB when I got it for a few days and there was lag when taking pics when it would write to the card. Put a 16GB Class 10 in and zero lag. It might only be Class 2 hardware but in my own unscientific testing the Class 10 was faster.

 

[TyrantII]

Has anyone found the real Specs? Moto's spec page was useless, it's not in the manual, and the forum turned up nothing but talk and rumor.

No sense in shelling out money for a class 10, if the phone is at class 2-4 spec....

 

[nnienhaus]

Id go with class 10 that's what I use for my 1080 cam I have

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[Snow02]

Id go with class 10 that's what I use for my 1080 cam I have

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Different usage scenario. A camcorder will record at higher bitrate than a phone, and needs the class 10 speed. For a phone, get a class 4. The random read/write performance of a class 4 is far superior to that of a class 10, and is better for use in a phone.

 

[audischwaaa]

the 2 in the circle is the class

I personally am not going to spend over $30 for a little flash card, I *think* I have this one in my Droid D right now:
Newegg.com - SanDisk 16GB Micro SDHC Flash Card Model SDSDQ-016G-A11M

My card says microSDHC, 16GB and there is a 2 in a circle in the top right corner (not sure what that means)

I've had this since my Droid 1, and video recordings have always stuttered once in a while, so I guess it's not that high end.

 

[Doubleyoupee]

Sorry for bumping this topic. But is it really needed to use a faster SDcard to record 1080p? I think I'm currently using a 8GB class 4 microSD. Is the internal SD card any faster?

edit: I'm saying because the overal bitrate is 15.1 Mbps (video+audio), which is 1.88 mB/s.. so theoretically, even a class 2 card should be sufficient (max 2mB/s write)

 

[Snow02]

Sorry for bumping this topic. But is it really needed to use a faster SDcard to record 1080p? I think I'm currently using a 8GB class 4 microSD. Is the internal SD card any faster?

edit: I'm saying because the overal bitrate is 15.1 Mbps (video+audio), which is 1.88 mB/s.. so theoretically, even a class 2 card should be sufficient (max 2mB/s write)

Correct. Class 4 is perfect.

 

[Cdjones187]

No its not needed. The card provided is most likely a class 2 and does just fine. Test the speed of your current SD card using a app from the market like https://market.android.com/details?id=ales.veluscek.sdtools&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImFsZXMudmVsdXNjZWsuc2R0b29scyJd

1080p is variable bitrate and most likely wont write anything over 4Mb/s on a phone, some dedicated cameras write up to 8-10Mb/s. The class is just the minimum speed its rated to read/write at. I get around 8Mb/s with the stock card(s) which is more than enough.

EDIT: I also read on a photography site that the only real advantages to getting a higher class card is for PC/MAC (or whatever you use) transfer speeds. Unless the video is laggy when watching on your pc there is no need to spend more on a class 10 vs class 2 (if the write speed is over 4Mb/s and it usually is). My class 2 16gb transfers (read/write) at 20Mb/s for instance.

 

[Snow02]

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[Cdjones187]

Wow. Tapatalk is quoting the wrong stuff... How old is this post?

Ohhh, around october of 2009 =P