Are all DV capture methods equal?

[ngn]

DV is digital, so the "capture" process over firewire to a DV AVI should produce an exact copy from the tape to the hard disk.... is that true?

Would you get the exact same file from a cheap $20 firewire card that you would get from a $2000 professional card?

Thanks
Rich

[nelson133]

DV is not really capture, it is transfer and theoretically any transfer medium should work, BUT cheap electronics cut way too many corners and you may find introduced noise and/or dropouts with the junk end of the spectrum.
Nyah Levi

[edDV]

DV is not really capture, it is transfer and theoretically any transfer medium should work, BUT cheap electronics cut way too many corners and you may find introduced noise and/or dropouts with the junk end of the spectrum.
Nyah Levi

The stream transfer depends on full attention from the disk drive system. In other words, don't play Half Life on a single drive system while transferring. Just let it finish.

OHCI is a basic requirement for XP.