My folks have decided to get a laptop and they've got a DV
camcorder. I was thinking some fairly cheap'n'cheerful laptop would
have Firewire and cope ok with a bit of video editing (my mid-range
PC's 5 years old and copes ok).
It looks like I might be able to go down the PCMCIA route (and
even considered that until it came up in a Google Product
search)
My folks have upped the amount they're willing to spend but I'd
like to keep them to £400 or below. It looks like
i1394/iLink/Firewire port tends to be PCs £400+. TBH the vast
majority of the time it's going to be used for little more than an
Eee can handle (but they don't want an Eee - even if we could find
one!)
Yep @vodaclone is spot
on. I'm not really aware it's a premium feature you just need to
shop around a bit to find one that includes it. Alternatively a
cheap firewire PCMCIA card will do the job (albeit not look very
attractive hanging out of the side) quite cheaply. Also might be
worth confirming the camera doesn't have a USB port - some I've
seen recently have.
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Never seen one - it's not a trivial conversion so I doubt if you could find one it would be cheap. What do you need it for?
2 months, 1 week ago by bensmithuk.
My folks have decided to get a laptop and they've got a DV camcorder. I was thinking some fairly cheap'n'cheerful laptop would have Firewire and cope ok with a bit of video editing (my mid-range PC's 5 years old and copes ok).
It looks like I might be able to go down the PCMCIA route (and even considered that until it came up in a Google Product search)
2 months, 1 week ago by ACUK.
Some laptops do - Toshibas and Dells. Try to see if there's a docking station for the laptop which has the i1394 port you need.
2 months, 1 week ago by vodaclone.
My folks have upped the amount they're willing to spend but I'd like to keep them to £400 or below. It looks like i1394/iLink/Firewire port tends to be PCs £400+. TBH the vast majority of the time it's going to be used for little more than an Eee can handle (but they don't want an Eee - even if we could find one!)
2 months, 1 week ago by ACUK.
Yep @vodaclone is spot on. I'm not really aware it's a premium feature you just need to shop around a bit to find one that includes it. Alternatively a cheap firewire PCMCIA card will do the job (albeit not look very attractive hanging out of the side) quite cheaply. Also might be worth confirming the camera doesn't have a USB port - some I've seen recently have.
2 months, 1 week ago by bensmithuk.
Good point about the USB Ben, I think it hasn't (or if it has it's for the "photo" side of things) but I'll check.
2 months, 1 week ago by ACUK.