Importing Mini-DV and DV-Cam

[hdkbill]

Sony used to make a portable DVCam recorder/player with a built in LCD monitor that made a nice editing playback deck. I saw it on the B&H site a couple months ago but don't see it now. It was around $1,000 I think. You could move up to a dedicated Sony DVCam player but that will cost you several thousand bucks.

If you can stay in the Mini DV format I'd suggest getting any low cost Mini DV camcorder from Best Buy that has a Firewire port and use that as your playback deck. But hurry... it's getting harder to find Mini DV camcorders with Firewire jacks.

Sorry to hear about your problems. I've never had an issue with Sony products. I know others who have had problems with Panasonic, JVC and Canon so I guess nothing is perfect.

I love Sony. We use Sony for everything and all of it is excellent EXCEPT the DSR-11. It just sucks.

I wish I could stay with Mini-DV but we output on DV-Cam since it is a better format for storage and durability, so I have several hundred that I need to access every now and then.

Guess I'll keep looking or run down to Best Buy and buy a few cheap Mini-DV cams with a firewired. Oh well.

Thanks,

Bill