Finally, a high-speed serial bus that bridges the world of consumer electronics and computers. Capture your world in digital video! The IEEE 1394 PCI Host Adapter transforms the... more
your desktop computer, quickly and easily. The best solution for adding FireWire capability to desktop computers, the Card enhances peripheral connections with
your desktop computer, quickly and easily. The best solution for adding FireWire capability to desktop computers, the Card enhances peripheral connections with
Finally, a high-speed serial bus that bridges the world of consumer electronics and computers. Capture your world in digital video! The IEEE 1394 PCI Host Adapter transforms the desktop PC into a DV-editing bay. With data transfer speeds up to 400Mbps, this IEEE 1394 (aka FireWire or i.LINK or IEEE 1394) innovation delivers lightning-quick video input and output. Its bus supports up to 63 hot-swappable devices. Belkin spares you extra shopping and saves you cash by bundling the host adapter with VideoWave III SE from MGI for the PC, and the Strata VideoShop 4.5 video editing software for the Macintosh platform, both are absolutely intuitive video-editing softwares. To bring video editing to anyone with a PC/Mac and DV camcorder or camera, Belkin Components enlisted the breakthrough IEEE 1394 technology used in all FireWire- and i.LINK -compatible devices. Traditionally, video editing has been very expensive, difficult to implement, and out of reach for all but large corporations with huge marketing budgets and highly trained employees. The advent of digital video has changed this landscape dramatically, bringing high-quality video editing within the reach of companies of any size. Today, even home-based businesses are able to create professional video presentations, training materials, promotional pieces and even television commercials. FireWire has become the industry standard for connecting digital video devices, and equipping users with FireWire capabilities for their devices, this empowers them to promote their own business or just make the best darn movie you, your friends and relatives have ever seen. FireWire, with its speed and ease of use; has become the industry standard for editing digital video from DV camcorders.
Advantages: Simple setup, manages itself Disadvantages: Very occasional low signal
...Following on from my review of the Belkin wireless router, this is the piece of kit at the other end of the link. The PCI Desktop Card is whats required to allow the PC to communicate with the router.
This product cost me £25 when I bought it. I was interested in the Belkin wireless router, so I played safe and used the same manufacturer for both items that would allow the router and my PC talk to each other.
--Whats in the box--
On opening the box, there were no real surprises. There was the PCIcard, the antenna, a quick installation guide and a CD which contained the drivers and a full manual.
--Installation--
On reading the quick installation guide, it was apparent that the software had to be installed before the card was plugged in. The reason for this was because, when the hardware was detected, the software would...
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...The first thing that attracted me to this product was the fact that it was a HP which to me says quality and you ahve the peace of mind knowing that it is a good product.
The adapter is quite tricky to install although you should really get people to have a look first and get them to install it a prefer to have a fiddle myself first inwhich although at first i found it quite hard to find where to put it, once found it was easy to plug in.
Would recommend great value for money it. Its also easy once you pluged it in and updated thats just about all you need to do there is not much trickyness to do after that. You should also have the peace of mind that your buying a quality brand....
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Advantages: Just the cable I needed to connect my DV Camcorder to my PC Disadvantages: none- worked a treat
...Do you need to Edit your Digital Video Camcorder footage on your Personal Computer ? Then this IEEE 1394 cable will connect your DV camcorder to the FireWireport on your PC allowing fast transfer of your video movie to your Computer.
The cable just simply plugs into the relevant port on your DV Camcorder and the Firewire( IEEE 1394 ) Port on the PC.
Using your own PC DV editing software you can capture the video at fast rates to your hard drive where you can make you own home movies.!
If you Dont have a firewire port then get StarTech's PCIFireWirecard (Plug and Play installation) Look for it bundled with Ulead's great editing software.
I found this product ideal and was easy to use....
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