Posted by Peter D on 05/22/07 01:36

"Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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.

You mean the 480 versus 400 misunderstanding? It don't mean Jack. In actual,
live, real, practical, normal tests, Firewire = no dropped frames unless
caused by actual problems in the recording, and USB2 = dropped frames
regardless. It has to do with _how_ they transfer data, not how fast they
can transfer data in theory.
HTH

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