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Corey Katz · May 20th, 2005, 08:51 AM

does anyone know of any dvd recorders with firewire in and output?

Boyd Ostroff · May 20th, 2005, 09:14 AM

Lots of models with firewire input. Hardly any with firewire output, unless they are new models perhaps. The very expensive pro models will have this option though.

Jack Zhang · May 22nd, 2005, 02:35 PM

this JVC miniDV/DVD/HDD does! (directly to miniDV!)

http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/f...l_id=MDL101541

Boyd Ostroff · May 22nd, 2005, 04:36 PM

That looks like a cool deck, but I don't think it has firewire output. Look at the diagram on the technical info page. It has an arrow going away from the DV camera, but none going towards it:

http://pro.jvc.com/pro/attributes/DV...0_workflow.gif

Also if you look at the specs in the color brochure under i.Link it lists MiniDV, HDD and DVD under input, but only MiniDV under output. It does appear that you can output from either the hard drive or DVD to a MiniDV cassette in the deck itself (if I understand the charts), but apparently you couldn't hook this up to your computer and capture material from a DVD via firewire. You'd have to copy it to tape first.

Bogdan Vaglarov · May 23rd, 2005, 09:48 AM

Try Pioneer consumer DVD recorders (if you are talking about this price range).
They ofer 2way FireWire contrary to all other consumer models that are only offering inputs.

Boyd Ostroff · May 23rd, 2005, 10:09 AM

You're right, according to their site they do now have two recorders with that feature:

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...6_4139,00.html

When I was in the market 2 years ago these didn't exist. I would still want to read all the fine print before making a purchase however.

May 20th, 2005, 08:51 AM	#1
Corey Katz New Boot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canada Posts: 9	DVD Recorders does anyone know of any dvd recorders with firewire in and output?

May 20th, 2005, 09:14 AM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	Lots of models with firewire input. Hardly any with firewire output, unless they are new models perhaps. The very expensive pro models will have this option though.

May 22nd, 2005, 02:35 PM	#3
Jack Zhang Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posts: 3,053	this JVC miniDV/DVD/HDD does! (directly to miniDV!) http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/f...l_id=MDL101541

May 22nd, 2005, 04:36 PM	#4
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	That looks like a cool deck, but I don't think it has firewire output. Look at the diagram on the technical info page. It has an arrow going away from the DV camera, but none going towards it: http://pro.jvc.com/pro/attributes/DV...0_workflow.gif Also if you look at the specs in the color brochure under i.Link it lists MiniDV, HDD and DVD under input, but only MiniDV under output. It does appear that you can output from either the hard drive or DVD to a MiniDV cassette in the deck itself (if I understand the charts), but apparently you couldn't hook this up to your computer and capture material from a DVD via firewire. You'd have to copy it to tape first.

May 23rd, 2005, 09:48 AM	#5
Bogdan Vaglarov Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Yokohama, Japan Posts: 366	Try Pioneer consumer DVD recorders (if you are talking about this price range). They ofer 2way FireWire contrary to all other consumer models that are only offering inputs.

May 23rd, 2005, 10:09 AM	#6
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	You're right, according to their site they do now have two recorders with that feature: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...6_4139,00.html When I was in the market 2 years ago these didn't exist. I would still want to read all the fine print before making a purchase however.