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  • mb
    Confirmed User
    • May 2001
    • 1550
    #1

    Digital Tape Deck?

    Can anyone recommend a good deck for transferring digital video from tape to PC?

    thanks,

    marc
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    • dirtysouth
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2003
      • 2613
      #2
      Bump for you.

      I'm looking for the same thing.
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        • Nick_Moneymaker
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          • Sep 2004
          • 117
          #3
          For the DV cam tapes the Sony DSR-20 is a good machine and handles both the large and mini dvd tapes.
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            • mb
              Confirmed User
              • May 2001
              • 1550
              #4
              Originally posted by Nick_Moneymaker
              For the DV cam tapes the Sony DSR-20 is a good machine and handles both the large and mini dvd tapes.

              Isn't there something smaller and simpler available that just accepts the mini-dv tapes? It seems like these shouldn't be very expensive since they do nothing but move data.

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                • AcidMax
                  Confirmed User
                  • May 2002
                  • 1827
                  #5
                  Originally posted by mb
                  Isn't there something smaller and simpler available that just accepts the mini-dv tapes? It seems like these shouldn't be very expensive since they do nothing but move data.
                  Marc do you not have a minidv camera at all? If not you could get one fairly cheap if you want, I dont know of another way. Most DV cameras have a firewire or USB port on it to pull the data off. You can use pinnacle studio and a firewire or usb cable & card (depending on the camera) to pull it off. You can also use a Dazzle or something but that is just going to basically let you hook up an old camera with RCA jacks to a pc. My minidv cam broke otherwise I would hook you up with it. I think you can probably get one from ebay for cheap, SAMS club and the like usually have some around you for about $300 for the minidv cams.

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                    • Jake
                      Confirmed User
                      • Nov 2001
                      • 3056
                      #6
                      Originally posted by AcidMax
                      Marc do you not have a minidv camera at all? If not you could get one fairly cheap if you want, I dont know of another way. Most DV cameras have a firewire or USB port on it to pull the data off. You can use pinnacle studio and a firewire or usb cable & card (depending on the camera) to pull it off. You can also use a Dazzle or something but that is just going to basically let you hook up an old camera with RCA jacks to a pc. My minidv cam broke otherwise I would hook you up with it. I think you can probably get one from ebay for cheap, SAMS club and the like usually have some around you for about $300 for the minidv cams.

                      Andy
                      Bump...I use a camera now but it would be nice to have a MiniDV "tape deck". Would be cool if someone made an internal tape deck that would fit a standard drive bay.

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                        • dirtysouth
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                          • Jul 2003
                          • 2613
                          #7
                          The motor in mine just went out. It "drags" the tape through. Looking for a cheap way to pull the video until Santa comes.
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                            • dirtysouth
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                              • Jul 2003
                              • 2613
                              #8
                              Come to think of it , I have an old IBM server with a backup tape drive. Could this work? Is it the same tape?
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                                • FaberX
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Sep 2003
                                  • 181
                                  #9
                                  Looks like sony did it and it flopped, the model was the DVR-100

                                  http://www.videohelp.com/forum/archive/t239171.html

                                  Oh, and btw, that tape drive is most probably a DAT drive, won't work with miniDV
                                  Last edited by FaberX; 11-15-2004, 12:33 PM.

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