Comments on: Firewire is my new best friend http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/10/firewire-is-my-new-best-friend/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Sun, 20 May 2012 03:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: kgs http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/10/firewire-is-my-new-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2235 kgs Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:05:44 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/10/firewire-is-my-new-best-friend/#comment-2235 We have a couple of external hard drives that are greatly underutilized (we back up to them) so they'd do in a pinch, but these are getting so cheap (I saw a humongous Sony drive for $99) that I may just get a "video drive." We have a couple of external hard drives that are greatly underutilized (we back up to them) so they’d do in a pinch, but these are getting so cheap (I saw a humongous Sony drive for $99) that I may just get a “video drive.”

]]> By: eileen http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/10/firewire-is-my-new-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2234 eileen Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:01:34 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/10/firewire-is-my-new-best-friend/#comment-2234 Hi, I'm chiming in quite late (was at a conference and not reading blogs). I second the recommendation about the external hard drive. We have a couple of LaCie external hard drives and store digitized video there, as well as proces the new stuff to them. Cool thing about firewire: it's easy to daisy chain devices. Hi, I’m chiming in quite late (was at a conference and not reading blogs). I second the recommendation about the external hard drive. We have a couple of LaCie external hard drives and store digitized video there, as well as proces the new stuff to them. Cool thing about firewire: it’s easy to daisy chain devices.

]]> By: kgs http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/10/firewire-is-my-new-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2233 kgs Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:44:28 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/10/firewire-is-my-new-best-friend/#comment-2233 Yes, USB is standard on PCs, and Firewire is nearly always an add-on. For my laptop it was as simple as adding a card. (Points off for Dell for not only omitting Firewire from my laptop but from the docking station.) But most people will be working with a PC. I could squeeze in a Firewire card pretty easily, but my desktop is a bit of a pig--not worth the investment. I'm sure it's all a dance: USB makes the camcorder sale... but you really need Firewire if you're going to actually make DVDs. I'm curious how people use their camcorders--if a lot of them keep the tapes and hook the camera up to the TV set. Yes, USB is standard on PCs, and Firewire is nearly always an add-on. For my laptop it was as simple as adding a card. (Points off for Dell for not only omitting Firewire from my laptop but from the docking station.) But most people will be working with a PC. I could squeeze in a Firewire card pretty easily, but my desktop is a bit of a pig–not worth the investment.

I’m sure it’s all a dance: USB makes the camcorder sale… but you really need Firewire if you’re going to actually make DVDs. I’m curious how people use their camcorders–if a lot of them keep the tapes and hook the camera up to the TV set.

]]> By: JSS http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/10/firewire-is-my-new-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2232 JSS Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:36:38 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/10/firewire-is-my-new-best-friend/#comment-2232 I bought a digital camcorder in December of 2002, which eventually necessitated the addition of a firewire card, Pinnacle Studio software, more RAM, and a second hard drive. I'm glad I made the additional investments; the quality of the video and speed of the transfer via firewire was much better. Really enjoy your blog. I bought a digital camcorder in December of 2002, which eventually necessitated the addition of a firewire card, Pinnacle Studio software, more RAM, and a second hard drive. I’m glad I made the additional investments; the quality of the video and speed of the transfer via firewire was much better.

Really enjoy your blog.

]]> By: Chadwick http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/10/firewire-is-my-new-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2231 Chadwick Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:41:37 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/10/firewire-is-my-new-best-friend/#comment-2231 I was amazed by Firewire a few years ago too. I had to spend some grant money for a digitization grant and one of our IT guys tried to tell me that USB 2.0 was as fast as Firewire. I ended up going with the USB 2.0 that already existed on our systems for cost effectiveness, but the tests show that FW is faster. USB 2.0 seems to be the standard on most out of the box hardware though. <a href="http://www.usb-ware.com/firewire-vs-usb.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usb-ware.com/firewire-vs-usb.htm</a> I was amazed by Firewire a few years ago too. I had to spend some grant money for a digitization grant and one of our IT guys tried to tell me that USB 2.0 was as fast as Firewire.

I ended up going with the USB 2.0 that already existed on our systems for cost effectiveness, but the tests show that FW is faster. USB 2.0 seems to be the standard on most out of the box hardware though.
http://www.usb-ware.com/firewire-vs-usb.htm

]]> By: Anna http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/10/firewire-is-my-new-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-2230 Anna Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:36:53 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2006/04/10/firewire-is-my-new-best-friend/#comment-2230 Ah, yes. The Miss Marple approach. :) "It's just that living in a village as I do, one gets to know so much about human nature." Ah, yes. The Miss Marple approach. :) “It’s just that living in a village as I do, one gets to know so much about human nature.”

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