MCE ships QuickStream DV for disk-based capture

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MCE Technologies is shipping the QuickStream DV, a camera-mountable, self-powered digital video (DV) capture and storage solution that dramatically accelerates the post-production process. The solution offers the real-time acquisition of digital video directly from DV camera to the hard disk-based QuickStream DV. It also features selectable file formats, camera mountable, camera 'Record' button activation. File support includes QuickTime (.mov), raw DV (.dv), Windows AVI2, (.avi), and Canopus AVI2 (.avi). It also functions as a standard FireWire hard drive using the included MCE StreamManager clip management software (Mac OS 9/X). QuickStream DV is available in 90 minute ($600), 3 hour ($730), 4.5 hour ($850), and 6 hour ($1000) models.

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So its a battery powered portable HD with firewire

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So its a battery powered portable HD with firewire

So it looks.

The most promicing line from the website:
"Plus, the QuickStream DV has open-ended file format architecture which means that it is upgradeable via firmware update and can, therefore, support any current or future file format."