> Fellows I need some help in being able to down load video from my new > camcorder onto my HD. Sharp tells me that I need to have a > USB/FIREWIRE connection and gave me the name of a company that sells > the equipment, from $150 up to almost $400.00, to be able to do just > that. My next question is do I need to do anything to the inside of > my puter like install a firewire card or something???
RK, Drop me a line, I can answer your questions. But I need more info. What OS, type of machine and camcorder. If you have a DV cam, you can use a firewire solution. Otherwise, you'll need a video capture card. I find that you get better picture quality through the DV route on a budget system. suki PS. You'll need a lot of disk space to capture video. About 20G/hr worth of video at DV quality.
