What I want to do is filmr cars, sports, etc and upload onto my computer and edit. I know that for this I need a Firewire card with I Link. I don't know much about the camcorders themselves. The difference between Digital 8 and mini DV? any basic info would be appreach

 

I'm no expert, But I recall this has been talked about before. Try a search. Right above the banner. this might get you what you're looking for

 

Well, I have all the goodies to that do what you are talking about. A brand new JVC digital vidcam, a FireWire card and all the various software and I can't get good video from DV to PC. Here's why. I'm running a 400MHz AMD K6-2 and while I have 192 mb of RAM, it's just not enough horsepower. You need a medium to fast Pentium or AMD chip with a motherboard that has a fast bus to get video that won't be choppy or not have the audio not sync'd to the video...

I have a TON of stuff from Asheville that I am pissed that I can't tranfer until I upgrade...but I will do that soon.

That's just a warning if you want to do this kind of think you need some farily serious horsepower...

 

Hmmm im running 450 pentium ii....

 

The difference between digital 8 and mini-DV is the size of the tape. The mini-DV is much smaller than the digital 8. Also, the quality of the mini-DV is much better.

 

Sony ones are real nice. We had ppl using them at the event. great quality