I bought a 2 GB IBM drive as a second for my Win 95 machine and thought it was WWWWWAY kewl. 2 GB!
Are you saying that you think Sony delayed 1394 for 3 years on purpose, waiting for hardware to catch up? I have never heard that theory before. I couldn't even comment on that issue. joe salerno On 9/29/2010 10:39 AM, James wrote: > 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! 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