On 10/21/07, Artem Kachitchkine <Artem.Kachitchkin at sun.com> wrote:
> I'm a bit familiar with the subject. A FireWire fan myself and having > owned the Solaris 1394 stack in the past, I'd be the last person to > admit defeat. Yes, FireWire remains a niche interface for tape-based > video formats such as DV and HDV. Many pro houses have invested heavily > into FireWire infrastructure. But when videotape dies, FireWire dies > with it. And tape is going away, direct to disk/solid state is just much > more convenient. For independent confirmation, see Panasonic P2 and Sony > XDCAM. Comparison: USD $4.50 for a Sony/TDK/JVC HD/DV cassette tape which can hold 60 minutes of HD/Video encoded at 60FPS/1080p (which amounts, roughly, to 60GB of data). USD $2740.00 for a 64GB Solid State Drive: http://www.memorydepot.com/details.asp?id=FD64GIDE2544TURBO My camcorder (Sony HVR-V1U) has a "normal" 80GB hard drive module (which attaches on top of the camera and can be used as video storage instead of a HD/DV video cassette). It connects to the camcorder via FireWire. :-) --Stefan -- Stefan Teleman KDE e.V. stefan.teleman at gmail.com
