oxford enclosure & PCMCIA

[faithfoo]

http://www.macpower.com/productdetails1.cfm?sku=MP1394-2&cats=315&catid=Enclosures


1) any Feedback if there are any error issues on the above enclosure or a EZSTORE speedzter enclosure


2) MUST THE firwire PCMC IA Card that is connected to this enclosure be oxford chip as well ? any idea if Syba.com or Mercury has less errors

a) http://www.macpower.com/productdetails1.cfm?sku=2P-PCMCIA-F2&cats=302&catid=302,288,31...02,288,316,303

WOULD all the 3 PCMCIA firwire cards be good enough to input DV camera into notebook apart from hooking up to firewire enclosure ?

[redwudz]

Interesting. The Firewire card is the same one I use, but with a different label. Must be made by the same manufacturer. Good price, though. The case looks OK, maybe a little expensive, but seems to be good quality. The Oxford chip recommendation is just for the external box, not for the PCMCIA card.

[faithfoo]

thanks for clarfying that the firewire PCMCIA capture provided at the link will suffice for DV camera capture into notebook as well hook up to firewire enclosure


and the firwire PCMCIA does not need to be OXFORD TO WORK

[faithfoo]

ARE there relaibity issues with the enclosure 1 ) ?..I thought of buying enclosure 1
1) http://www.macpower.com.tw/products/opticall/jewelbox/jb_400plus
( THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE MACPOWER THAT I MENTION EARLIER AS IT IS NOT AVAILABLE )

The alternative is
2) .EZSTORE speedzter enclosure . a proprietary assembled brand with Oxford ,



3) for PCMCIA firewire ..2 choices between syba.com ( a taiwanese brand that appears more popular) and a mercury brand ( a taiwanese that makes motherboard as well but apparantly is no good ? )

a) which PCMCIA would you buy
b) are there issues with having a syba PCMCIA combo firewire + USB 2.0 card for note book ( Only use that with DVD writer on external casing or say DV video camera)