MiniDV camcorders: introduction review
Reviews This roundup covers the most important part of your digital video setup -- the miniDV camcorder. Although the sky's the limit with video equipment, we've chosen single-CCD MiniDV products to keep the cost below £1,500.
[August 14, 2001, 0:00]
Mid-range MiniDV camcorders review
Reviews If you’re in the market for a moderately advanced MiniDV camcorder, then take a look at the three products we’ve reviewed here. Compared to a budget digital camcorder costing around £500 (inc. VAT), a mid-range device, for which you can expect to...
[December 17, 2002, 14:03]
Budget MiniDV camcorders review
Reviews Like mobile phones in the 1980s, owning a MiniDV camcorder said something about your economic and social status. Not so long ago, digital camcorders were luxury items costing well over £1,000 for a decent-quality model.
[November 15, 2002, 8:28]
MiniDV camcorders: conclusion review
Reviews They're both quite bulky, but make up for this with the best level of image quality currently available from single-CCD miniDV cameras. For compact operation, it's obvious that both the Canon and JVC products are strong contenders with portability...
[August 14, 2001, 0:00]
Behind the DV technology review
Reviews MiniDV cameras store data on a tape cartridge that's about the size of a box of matches. A more recent format called MicroMV isn't digital video at all but an MPEG-2-based format stored on even smaller cassettes than those used by MiniDV cameras.
[January 10, 2003, 9:56]
DotMatrix
Downloads Works great with iSight (internal or external), also with MiniDV firewire cameras, but does not require camera - use pictures from your mobile phone. If Photoshop and PhotoBooth were sampled and remixed by the spirit of Bob Moog, the result would...
[November 5, 2008, 3:53]
DV Backup
Downloads Capacity is up to 10GB per hour of tape, or 15GB if LP mode is used.backup, restore, verify with up to 11.5GB (SP) and 17.5GB (LP) capacity per hour of tape hard drive store to keep regularly-accessed backups conveniently available capability to...
[November 7, 2009, 15:08]
Discus
Downloads It can create labels for almost every adhesive label in existence including CD and DVD's, 8-cm mini-cd's, business cards, jewel cases, DVD boxes, DVCPRO, MiniDV, all the A/V labels, as well as greeting cards.
[December 21, 2009, 17:17]
Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers
Talkback Target digital camera, scanner, printer, and MiniDV connection via USB, USB2, and Firewire. I can see the reasoning behind the RedHat CEO's statement. However, does anyone really believe that Microsoft is responsible for making Windows a viable...
[November 27, 2003, 14:40]
Apple Power Mac G5 dual 2.5GHz review
Reviews It did crash once while downloading video from a MiniDV tape and a few times with Squeeze, but the system recovered well, and it earns high marks for stability. Flipping an elegant but sturdy latch opens the Power Mac G5's side panel, which slides...
[November 9, 2004, 9:23]
Dell Inspiron 4150 review
Reviews The single USB port is slightly disappointing, as is (for owners of MiniDV camcorders in particular) the absence of FireWire (IEEE 1394) connectivity. Our review sample was based on a 1.9GHz Mobile Pentium 4 processor, along with Intel’s 845...
[July 30, 2002, 16:42]
Sony VAIO PCG-SRX41P review
Reviews As well as the i.LINK port, the left-hand side of the system carries a DC-out port for powering i.LINK peripherals (MiniDV camcorders, for example), modem and wired Ethernet ports, a single Type II PC Card slot and a switch for enabling or...
[March 25, 2002, 23:00]
