Sony DCR-TRV900 MiniDV had i.LINK and reviews on Amazon from customers in March 2000 http://www.amazon.com/Sony-DCRTRV900-Handycam-Digital-Camcorder <http://www.amazon.com/Sony-DCRTRV900-Handycam-Digital-Camcorder> It's funny to read people complain about 16GB for a hour of video and having to "order a 37GB drive an additional 75GB drive on backorder"
FYI a IBM Deskstar 75GB hard drive was the largest hd money could buy at $530+ in July 2000 http://web.archive.org/web/20000815201345/www.pricewatch.com/1/26/2297-1.htm boy are we spoiled! ;) Anyway, if Sony was delaying Firewire for 3 years I'm glad they did. 1ghz didn't come out until late 2000, I can't imagine trying to edit video on a 1997 PC http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=502 On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:11 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > > > My experience was that many were waiting for firewire, or IEEE 1394, for > camcorder outputs, and Sony kept delaying it year after year. It was > referred to as vaporware by many. After about 3 years it finally happened. > > joe salerno > > > On 9/29/2010 9:49 AM, James wrote: > > was anyone waiting for firewire? Seems it came out back in the late 90s > > when everyone had whimpy 300mhz processors and 6 gb hard drives and > > pro-sumer video editing wasn't really a realistic option. Wasn't really > > until 2005 when dual core processors came out and hard drives > > providing hundreds of gigabyte became common that home video editing was > > possible, but by then USB 2.0 was everywhere. > > > > Apple and Sony were really the only ones pushing for Firewire or i.LINK > as > > Sony called it, but even Sony doesn't see a future in Firewire/i.LINK > since > > they dropped it from their modern camcorders > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 9:26 AM, > > [email protected]<jsalerno%40earthlink.net> > < > > [email protected] <jsalerno%40earthlink.net>> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> Hopefully USB 3.0 camcorders (and other devices) won't take as long as > >> firewire to bring to the market. > >> > >> It would be ironic, everyone waited for years for firewire to become a > >> reality, and now it is disappearing and no one is noticing. > >> > >> joe salerno > >> > >> > >> On 9/29/2010 6:55 AM, James wrote: > >>> I'd agree that firewire does seem to be disappearing. It's not common > on > >>> newer camcorders like it was 10 years ago. For example, in 2000 nearly > >>> every Sony Digital8 camcorder had a firewire port. Now in 2010 I don't > >>> think Sony makes a camcorder that still uses firewire, it's all USB > 2.0. > >>> > >>> Having seen my ups and downs of firewire I can't say I'm sad to see it > >> go, > >>> my experiences with USB have been much better and USB 3.0 looks like it > >> will > >>> be amazing with the ability to transfer full HD movies in seconds at > 400 > >>> MegaByte/s compared to USB 2.0's maximum of 60 MegaByte/s. I don't > think > >>> there are any USB 3.0 camcorders available yet though. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 4:15 AM, > >>> Rieni<[email protected]<polderien%40orange.fr> > <polderien%40orange.fr>> > > >> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I don't think Firewire is going to disappear, but it's a format which > >>>> is considered pro and therefor not present on cheaper laptops and > >>>> desktops maybe? Firewire has been developed further into Firewire 2 > >>>> is and is still fully supported by Apple, and it's the only protocol > >>>> I use for connecting my external hard drives for HD editing. eSATA > >>>> seems to be faster but I never had to use it. > >>>> > >>>> I guess you should have checked the specs of the notebook before > >>>> buying it. You write it's small, is it a netbook maybe? Those are not > >>>> supposed to be used for things like video-editing and to make them as > >>>> small as possible, concessions have to be done, including adding as > >>>> little as connectors as possible. > >>>> > >>>> Rieni > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> At 29-9-2010 10:20, Dietmar H wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Dear friends, > >>>>> I have a problem - may be you can help me: I bought a new notebook, > >>>>> fast, small and nice, but it does not provide any firewire interface. > I > >>>>> have a SONY HDV camcorder (2 years old, still nice and great) where I > >>>>> get my data only via firewire. What can I do? I know there is no > >>>>> possibility to connect USB and firewire - but is there a converter > from > >>>>> eSATA to firewire? Because eSata is the only thing that my new > lenobvo > >>>>> is offering... > >>>>> OMG, live coukd be so beautiful. > >>>>> Thanks in advance for any hint! Or should I really consider buying a > >> new > >>>>> camera or even exchange my new notebook to a heavier one?Dietmar - > with > >>>>> greetings from Berlin > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------ > >>> > >>> Yahoo! Groups Links > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! 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