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Posted by David McCall on 04/13/06 00:09
"Sir Sharkie" <jordandodge@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1144879438.193403.159680@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>I do have a fireware card on my computer but do not have direct access
> to a miniDV cam. I like this route as a miniDV cam doesn't cost more
> than a couple hundred bucks at this point. My next question is...
>
> What Betacam recorder (in terms of price/availability/functionality)
> makes the most sense? I've noticed the Sony UVW-1800 seems to be a
> pretty popular model (and reasonably priced).
>
> I don't need anything fancy but having a firewire input on the deck
> would be nice!
>
> Thanks again!
>
Unless you see a big need to do a lot of this, then buying any
analog deck right now is questionable. You may be hard pressed
to get enough work out of a Betacam deck to pay for it.
As for the $200 DV camera. That sounds too cheap to be worth much.
DV is DV up to a point, when it comes to dumping from the computer
to a DV deck. However I would not expect the analog output from such
a cheap deck to be worthy .of dumping video or audio to Betacam.
You could dump your video from the computer ($200 deck might be OK)
and then take the DV tape to another facility to do the transfer.
If quality matters, then you want the analog step to be full component,
not just Y/C (S-video) from a $200 camera.
For the price of a UVW-1800 you should be able to make a lot of dubs
at a professional facility.
Like Steve said :-)
David
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