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Posted by Rick Merrill on 05/23/07 21:52
Bill wrote:
> Really? I've given the latest implementations of USB a lot of benefit
> of the doubt-- because it used to be very, very unreliable.
> Unfortunately, it's still flakey and unreliable, though better than it
> was. One example: in order to get my computer to see my Minidisc, I
> have to disconnect anything else using USB and reboot, sometimes twice.
>
> This does not suprise me. I have also encountered problems with my
> Palm, with digital cameras, and a mini voice recorder.
>
> I think I've had one slight problem with firewire over ten years, and it
> was easily solved. It is generally rock-solid and fast.
>
> Rick Merrill wrote:
>> David McCall wrote:
>> ...
>>
>>> Firewire (IEEE 1394) is much more robust. All of the DV cameras
>>> use IEEE 1394 for transfer to and from the computer. Most computers
>>> come with built-in IEEE 1394 ports these days.
>>
>>
>> Actually, USB2 achieves higher actual throughput than Firewire
>> implementations.
No, not really - only on certain simplistic benchmarks. Multiple
devices using USB will need a lot of bi-directional traffic.
I too am a fan of firewire for capture and interconnect.
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