Memory stick? I presume you mean a flash memory card in general (and not that awful piece of crap by Sony)? If that is the case, use CF. It's compatible with some important (in this field, that is) standards (PCMCIA-ATA, to be precise) and can be plugged into many devices with a simple wiring adaptor.
USB isn't simple at all. It's a horrendous, overcomplicated kludge. Also, don't treat IEEE1394 as a seperate interface standard; it's a PHY for SCSI, which was designed for flexibility, and should be treated as such. Anyway, a simple wiring adaptor can convert between 4 pins<-->8 pins connectors.
VGA connectors don't suck, pins always break and the signal quality is horrible. DVI doesn't get much respect because it doesn't deserve it. It's a quick-and-dirty signalling system using techniques ages old, which makes it a very worthy substitute for RGB/HV&DDC signals.
See also my previous comment, if it gets through.
Purely optical disks don't suck. They always break and get scratched horribly during normal usage. I'd rather see them developing MO technology more intensively. Personally, I prefer transporting not-for-archival data via IP-over-S800 (way cheaper than 1000Base-TX and approximately the same effective performance) instead, though...
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RE: To USB or not USB?
Memory stick? I presume you mean a flash memory card in general (and not that awful piece of crap by Sony)? If that is the case, use CF. It's compatible with some important (in this field, that is) standards (PCMCIA-ATA, to be precise) and can be plugged into many devices with a simple wiring adaptor.
USB isn't simple at all. It's a horrendous, overcomplicated kludge. Also, don't treat IEEE1394 as a seperate interface standard; it's a PHY for SCSI, which was designed for flexibility, and should be treated as such. Anyway, a simple wiring adaptor can convert between 4 pins<-->8 pins connectors.
VGA connectors don't suck, pins always break and the signal quality is horrible. DVI doesn't get much respect because it doesn't deserve it. It's a quick-and-dirty signalling system using techniques ages old, which makes it a very worthy substitute for RGB/HV&DDC signals.
See also my previous comment, if it gets through.
Purely optical disks don't suck. They always break and get scratched horribly during normal usage. I'd rather see them developing MO technology more intensively. Personally, I prefer transporting not-for-archival data via IP-over-S800 (way cheaper than 1000Base-TX and approximately the same effective performance) instead, though...