Computex 2023: Kingston XS1000 – The external SSD so good you’ll buy it twice

Sometimes the best things in life are those you must wait a little while for. While meeting with makers at Computex 2023, we were invited to meet with the team from Kingston because they had new wares to share, and we had time on our hands. 

Kingston is a well-known and respected tech brand, and we have been using their SD cards in our Blackmagic cameras for a while. However, having an SSD with fast read and write capabilities is useful when filming larger projects. As we walked around Kingston’s suite, we were introduced to the  XS1000 External SSD, a tiny black metal-covered data-moving speed demon. It was love at first Megabyte, in this case, 1000MBs read and write, allowing us to film directly to it, even while shooting in 8K resolution. 

Kingston XS1000 External Drive

When you first get hold of the perfect pocket-sized XS1000, you won’t believe it can read and write so quickly, or it’s sturdy. However, the tiny aluminum and hard plastic matte black XS1000 reads and writes at 1,000MBs and features USB 3.2 Gen 2 with back support making it compatible with USB 3.2. 

Computex 2023: Kingston XS1000 - The external HDD so good you'll buy it twice

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The Kingston XS1000 fits snuggly into the palm of your hand or in a pocket for easy carrying. Although not currently available, they will become available for purchase in Q3 of 2023 and will probably sell out as content creators need all that speed and 1 to 2TB of storage space for all their media. Being able to not only film directly to it but having such a large storage capacity at all times is time-saving. 

Gone are the days of lugging awkward backpack space stealing hefty portable hard drives. We should have availability dates and pricing the closer we get to Q3, and we will review it as soon as it arrives and share all the details. 

If the XS1000 is anything like its sibling, the XS2000, Kingston has a winner on its hands.  

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