Thread: DV or USB
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Old 30-10-2007, 00:23   #2
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Re: DV or USB
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Originally Posted by bobtail747 View Post
Hi

Just a quick question what are the advantages of using a DV cable to transfer video footage from a DV Camcorder to my PC over USB. As i am thinking of getting a Firewire pci card to transfer videos and just wanted to make sure that it was worth it.. Thanks in advance
Although USB2 peaks higher than firewire (but not firewire 800) the sustained throughput on fire wire is usually better

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Firewire-IEEE1...QQcmdZViewItem

the cards are cheap enough

P.s I just hit the first one i saw on buy it now look around before committing to a purchase.
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