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Posted by ThePunisher on 10/21/05 18:53
Ed wrote:
>> The only way you can tell how bad the jump from Firewire down to
>> S-Video is with your camcorder, source material and level of
>> expectation is to try it.
>
> I just got an email off a chap in a Panasonic shop, who said...
>
> I have just spoken to our Panasonic Rep, and he says he says the
> reason is to do with the cost of the import tax. Apparently Labour
> charge more for importing with a fire-wire socket. We have the same
> problem with some of our camcorders having the fire-wire input. If a
> camcorder has a dv input it gets classed as a VCR, and this
> considerably puts the cost of bringing them in to the UK. I am
> guessing that other EU Countries governments do not make this stupid
> inport tax.
A load of bollocks as the Panasonic DVD recorder is already classed as a VCR
for import tax.
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