anolog to dv conversion before capture. good idea???

[dgraham]

I have been looking at the Canopus ADVC-100 and the Hollywood DV-Bridge as methods of converting analog video into DV format to transfer via firewire (i-link, 1394, whatever). I've read in the forums that people like the Sony DA2, but it's no longer available. I've also read reviews that like the Canopus ADVC-100 over the Hollywood DV-Bridge.

Is anyone out there using the Canopus? I realize that it's very new. What about the Hollywood DV-Bridge? Is it a good idea to wean myself off of my analog capture card that is not supported in XP and go to firewire/DV?

Thanks for any opinions and info.

[TOMMO]

Firewire.

[sphipps]

I just bought the hollywood dv bridge and absolutely love it...

I love being able to grab from any source! The sony is very much available on ebay..i was considering this as well.....but ebay you cant return if you dont like it...so I went directly with the dv bridge and very pleased i did.

[Boatman32]

i have a dv bridge and it is great.i use mine with a laptop and i have three different software programs, the worst one is the one that came with it.just one to remember, that is the same old rule applies,put crap in and you get crap out but this thing make the crap look pretty good.

[sphipps]

yeah their software is pretty much crap...however, the videowave aint all that bad....if one of these came with something the would do dv directly to mpeg realtime, then i would be happy..but i had to go search on the internet and find and buy something...but the hardware is definately nice, no complaints...

[tazzila]

I have the canopus advc-100 paid 279.00 for it Captures great and have been using pinnacle studio 7 software with windows xp so far results have been great. almost got a dazzle dv bridge am glad I did not.

[dazzle3]

I use DV bidge one complaint having problems with capturing NTSC format still awauting to hear from dazzle support for a possble fix . Other wise really happy still experimenting with capture software and editing programes any recomendtions would be gratefull.