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mb · 11-15-2004, 11:05 AM

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

thanks,

marc

dirtysouth · 11-15-2004, 11:07 AM

Bump for you.

I'm looking for the same thing.

Nick_Moneymaker · 11-15-2004, 11:12 AM

For the DV cam tapes the Sony DSR-20 is a good machine and handles both the large and mini dvd tapes.

mb · 11-15-2004, 11:36 AM

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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.

AcidMax · 11-15-2004, 12:02 PM

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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.

Andy

Jake · 11-15-2004, 01:12 PM

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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.

dirtysouth · 11-15-2004, 01:18 PM

The motor in mine just went out. It "drags" the tape through. Looking for a cheap way to pull the video until Santa comes.

dirtysouth · 11-15-2004, 01:19 PM

Come to think of it , I have an old IBM server with a backup tape drive. Could this work? Is it the same tape?

FaberX · 11-15-2004, 02:32 PM

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

11-15-2004, 11:05 AM	#1
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11-15-2004, 02:32 PM	#9
FaberX Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Miami Beach Posts: 181	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 at 02:33 PM..

11-15-2004, 11:07 AM	#2
dirtysouth Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mobtown Posts: 2,613	Bump for you. I'm looking for the same thing.

11-15-2004, 01:18 PM	#7
dirtysouth Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mobtown Posts: 2,613	The motor in mine just went out. It "drags" the tape through. Looking for a cheap way to pull the video until Santa comes.

11-15-2004, 01:19 PM	#8
dirtysouth Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mobtown Posts: 2,613	Come to think of it , I have an old IBM server with a backup tape drive. Could this work? Is it the same tape?