Gizmodo: Delkin

Delkin Archival Gold Blu-Ray Discs Keep Your Data Good for Two Centuries

Kit Eaton — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:00:00 EDT

Manufacturers are powering up on their Blu-ray disc development, now the format war's over: just two weeks ago we had the 6x speed ones, and now Delkin has these archive-quality discs. According to Delkin they're the first BDs "guaranteed to preserve data safely for over 200 years" and they use some sort of patented phase-change tech to make the discs resistant to UV degradation. They're also 25GB, 4x speed burnable and have an anti-scratch coating. You're only going to want to preserve really important stuff on them though: a ten-pack will cost you $250. Now, to find a Blu-ray player that'll last two centuries... [Reghardware]

Delkin ImageRouters Can Dump 8 CF Cards At Once

matt buchanan — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:30:00 EST

Delkin's ImageRouter is for photogs who are in need of some serious dumpage, and fast. The basic unit lets you unload four Compact Flash cards simultaneously. The thing takes up about as much room as the Xbox 360's power brick, though fortunately it doesn't weigh a metric ton. If you want to get stupid ridiculous, you can daisy-chain two blocks together onto the powered USB port to handle a total of eight CF cards. Unfortunately the software doesn't work for Macs yet, so if you plugged it into one you'd just see four separate drives, killing the convenience factor of dumping about a million photos at once. It's $149 w/o software, jumping to $249 with the Windows-only utility. [Product Page]

Delkin Devices Intros Two ExpressCard Flash Memory Readers

Charlie White — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:21:08 EST

With PMA 2007 starting tomorrow, in the middle of all those DSLRs and such are companies dying to help you deal with all that digital data spewing out of those cameras. Case in point is Delkin Devices, which just rolled out the eFilm ExpressCard 34 6-in-1 one adapter (pictured at left) and the eFilm ExpressCard 54 adapter that both fit in Apple MacBook Pros and many newer PC laptops.

The eFilm ExpressCard 34 is the more versatile of the two, accommodating Secure Digital, SDHC, MMC, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO and xD memory cards, and it's available now, retailing for $59.99.

The eFilm ExpressCard 54 CompactFlash adapter is unique because it's the first UDMA (also known as Ultra ATA) -compliant adapter, giving you transfers that the company says can reach speeds of over 17MB per second. No pricing or availability was announced for that one yet. – Charlie White

Product Page [Delkin Devices, via DP Review]

Delkin DVD Burnaway: Flash Memory, Burned Direct to DVD

Charlie White — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:43:03 EDT

We remember the Delkin BurnAway for CDs, and now the company has released an equally-overpriced DVD version, the DVD BurnAway that lets you offload your flash memory cards onto a DVD without needing a PC.

It reads a variety of flash memory cards, such as CompactFlash (I&II), Microdrive, SD, MMC, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, MS PRO, and xD (with adapter), and burns all that data onto a DVD, and you can even span data over multiple DVDs if necessary. Hook it up to a TV or projector with an S-Video or RCA cable, and you can play slides directly from the BurnAway.

If you can cope with that steep $370 price, it's actually a versatile little device that can also double as a DVD burner when plugged into your PC via USB 2.0. We have a similar unit sitting on our desk here, and it's actually quite convenient having a combination card reader/DVD burner close at hand. – Charlie White

Product Page [Delkin, via OhGizmo]