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Posted by Nigel Barker on 10/24/05 15:06
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:54:02 +0100, ViNNY <vinny@noemail.org> wrote:
>Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
>> In article <1129909191.453391.321570@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>> Ed <eabowden@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>>
>>
>> He'll be a Tory, then?
>>
>>
>>>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.
>>
>>
>> If it is indeed true, it will be EU regulations to protect EU makers. But
>> I doubt it. In the pro field there is protection applied to pro TV cameras
>> since there are still some EU makers. But not to camcorders as there
>> aren't.
>
>It is true, and has been true for about as long as digital video cameras
>have existed.
>
>-Vin
It applies to analogue video cameras too.
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Nigel Barker
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