T-Create SSD Launched – Designed for Filmmaking

Storage Media

by Reuben EvansMay 7^th, 2024

Teamgroup’s creator brand, T-Create, launched a new series of external SSDs called the “T-Create CinemaPr product series.” The first product in the series is an SSD designed to be mounted directly to your camera. We will soon be reviewing this SSD device, but for now, here is some information about this external recording solution.

Most of the small SSDs on the market are small and slippery, so third-party companies stepped in to make mounting brackets. Teamgroup combined these two products in their new SSD.

An SSD designed for on-camera use 

T-Create designed this SSD with 12 1/4-inch screw holes to mount directly on camera cages. The design won a prestigious Red Dot 2024 award. Many shooters of Blackmagic Design cameras use external media rather than internal media. We’re now seeing this trend grow with Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro. So seeing an SSD maker designing specifically for this use case is nice.

Teamgroup also introduced a locking connector that connects the drive to a camera.

The 1/4-inch connector allows the user to lock it in a vertical or horizontal position.

The drive is available in two different colors: black and titanium.

Teamgroup announced their commitment to the video space with their CinemaPr lineup in this epic video.

Speed and Capacity 

The Teamgroup T-Create CinemaPr P31 Portable External SSD will come in capacities of up to 4TB. T-Create’s USB-C interface can transfer data at speeds up to 2,000 MB/s. This capacity should store up to 960 minutes of 4K60fps video. They have reported that the drive is suitable for RAW file capture and “massive” video files.

Teamgroup boasts that they have included patented graphene cooling technology. This is an interesting feature because heat causes small drives to slow down during file transfers. You might see a small NVMe drive start a high-speed file transfer, but you’ll see the speed drop after a few minutes. Filmmakers need sustained high-speed transfers for offloads of full cards. 

Pricing and availability information were not provided at this time.

For more information, visit Teamgroup’s website.

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