Posted by redflag on 12/22/44 12:01

Firewire. Hands down. It's the small vertical rectangle with
the small indentation in the middle. It should be labeled
"DV/IEEE 1394".

I think that whoever designed that plug made an engineering
error or, at best, an engineering "oversight" which means,in
the pig's English, they fucked up.


vj wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a Sony MiniDV handycam model DCR HC 18. I understand that using
> Firewire connection to transfer video to PC (and subsequently for
> burning DVD out of it) provides a better quality as compared to USB.
> Now I am not sure which is the firewire port in my PC/Laptop. My
> Handycam has an output marked 'DV out' and with a symbol 'i' near it
> (second output from left out of four outputs present) that I
> understand is the output where firewire cable is to be connected
> (there is another output near it (first from left) with a USB sign on
> it). Now, my problem is like this:
>
> I have two cables, which both fit in the 'DV out' port of the
> handycam. Out of these two, one cable is having identical connector at
> the other end, and my laptop and my Desktop both have a port which
> matches this. The second cable is having a slightly bigger connector
> at the other end (of the size of a USB connector but thinned out
> slightly from one side, sorry I don't know what it is called). My
> Desktop has a receptacle for this as well, whereas my Laptop doesn't.
>
> I am not sure which cable out of these two gives a better quality
> video. Please suggest.
> Also, what is the 'LANC' output (fourth from left and last output
> provided on the handycam)?
>
> Thankyou
>

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