Posted by Steve Guidry on 04/12/06 22:45

Do you anticipate doing this a LOT ? if so, then buy one. The UVW-1800
would probably do fine.

But if this is an occasional need, then most any production house can do it
for under $50.

Steve



"Sir Sharkie" <jordandodge@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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!
>

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