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Dazzle MultiMedia Memory Stick Reader (DM-8100)

Dazzle MultiMedia Memory Stick Reader (DM-8100)

List Price: $19.99
Your Price: $16.99
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: SanDisc fix
Review: Contact Zio. You will have to send it to them for repair but it comes back in a week and it works with SanDisc MS/MS Pro.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Link for Lexar firmware update please
Review: I am also having trouble in reading Lexar 128MB memory stick. On Dazzle / Zio website I was not able to get firmware update. I am using Windows 2000 so can somebody post a link to firmware update on zio's website>

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Problems with Lexar Media have been resolved...
Review: I encountered the same problems with a Lexar 128MB memory stick that have been mentioned by other reviewers. I discovered that dazzle has a firmware update for this reader available on their website. I downloaded, installed and ran the firmware updater and have had no problems with the reader since.

There's not much more to say. I wish the cord was about 2 feet longer. I have my USB hub on the floor, and the cord is barely long enough to reach --- and the reader is at the back of the desk. If it was a bit longer, I'd be able to pull it closer to the keyboard when I'm using it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Problems with Lexar Media have been resolved...
Review: I encountered the same problems with a Lexar 128MB memory stick that have been mentioned by other reviewers. I discovered that dazzle has a firmware update for this reader available on their website. I downloaded, installed and ran the firmware updater and have had no problems with the reader since.

There's not much more to say. I wish the cord was about 2 feet longer. I have my USB hub on the floor, and the cord is barely long enough to reach --- and the reader is at the back of the desk. If it was a bit longer, I'd be able to pull it closer to the keyboard when I'm using it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great reader/writer
Review: I have a 128MB Sandisk memory stick and a 32MB Sony stick, and I got this Dazzle memory stick reader because it was inexpensive and seemed to do what I needed to do.
I just inserted the CD that came with it and installed the drivers on Windows XP. Popped the stick reader in the USB port, and voila! my computer immediately recognized it and it was ready to go.
It had NO problem reading either the Sony or the SanDisk memory sticks at all. I could also delete and write to the stick without any difficulty.
To all the Lexar stick owners, I have to say that maybe it's true you are having problems, because I don't have the Lexar stick and can't vouch for it. But if Sony and SanDisk work fine, there maybe some flaw in the Lexar stick somewhere or at worst Dazzle reader is just incompatible with it.

I love this product for the ease of use, price and convenience. I don't ever plug in my Sony F707 camera into the USB port, just take the memory stick and put it into the reader and it's ready to go.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Lexar and Dazzle will not dance together
Review: If you own a Lexar Memory Stick, do not buy this product. The reader does not work with Lexar media. It sounds absurd that two products subscribing to the same specifications created by Sony do not work together, but they do not.

I received the same response that this may someday be fixed. I am not holding my breath though. I purchased a Sony reader and it works fine.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Lexar no-go
Review: Just wanted to echo the other reviewer's comments that this "Universal" reader does not read the translucent Lexar memory sticks. It does work great with the Sony 16M stick that I have.

Unfortunately, I read that review after I bought it. Back to the store it goes.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good But Not Stylish
Review: The Dazzle Mem. Stick Reader works flawlessly with my WIN XP machine as a removable drive. The only drawback that I can find is the color scheme as the installation went flawlessly and it works as a perfectly intergrated removable drive, suitable for use on my home network

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Doesn't work with Lexar media
Review: The Dazzle reader doesn't work with my 128MB lexar stick. But it works fine with my 128MB sony stick and my 128MB sandisk stick. The lexar stick works fine in my camera and in my hp officejet's reader. I'd stay away from this reader.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Doesn't work with Lexar media
Review: The Dazzle reader doesn't work with my 128MB lexar stick. But it works fine with my 128MB sony stick and my 128MB sandisk stick. The lexar stick works fine in my camera and in my hp officejet's reader. I'd stay away from this reader.


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