"Newps" wrote in message
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Doug Semler wrote:




Wow. Why don't you suggest he converts it to BetaMax while he's at it?
Better suggestion, hook the VCR directly to a video capture card on a
computer or a DVD recorder...Not all camcorders are "digital" you know.


That's ridiculous. The VCR out is analog. If you've ever had your
computer convert analog video to digital you know how long the process
takes. And how many people have an analog video capture card in their PC?
With a digital camcorder you'll need a firewire card, commonly known as an
IEEE 1394.

Old stuff -- the USB2 ports are ubiquitous and faster then 1394.