Posted by PTravel on 11/25/07 02:29

"Jacques E. Bouchard" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in
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>> I've actaully already done that with my laptop and a docking station
>> -- I use it for watching SD movies that I time-shift from DVDs.
>> However, I would like a more permanent (and transportable) storage
>> system.
>
> I use a 500 GB SATA HDD in a $5 USB enclosure to capture video from my
> camera directly to my latop. It's fast enough to capture HD from my HV20
> without dropping frames, so it should be fine for HD playback as well. It
> makes for a good portable system.

I've got a Seagate 750 GB USB drive. I don't plan to use it for capture
from the camera, as I'll be editing it at a different location. It's
certainly conceivable to move my edited projects across the LAN for display
on my HD TV when they're finished, though. The problem with hard drive
storage is that hard drives break, usually catastrophically, and when they
do, data recovery is near impossible. I still prefer tape as an archive
medium, but I'd also like some transportable, like an HD DVD disk for when I
want to show the material somewhere else.

>
>>> I bought no-name batteries for my HV20 for $3 each on ebay. They last
>>> about 2 hours each, so I bought 4. I also got a charger from the same
>>> vendor for about $9.
>>
>> Could you tell me which vendor you used? The price is certainly
>> right. ;)
>
> I think it's eforcity, but I'm sure others sell them as well. The only
> drawback is that he charges more for S&H and won't combine shipping, so
> each battery ends up costing about $10 - still pretty damn inexpensive,
> though.

Thanks!

>
>
> jaybee

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