Panasonic PV-HD1000 firewire out?

[Des]

Picked up a Panasonic PV-HD1000 D-VCR at the Salvation Army today for $8.
I see that this was the bottom of the line D-VHS machine back in it's day and it has no S-Video in/out.
It does have Firewire in/out; does anyone know if this unit can out put analog tapes via firewire or is it only for digital recordings?

Debating on keeping it...

Thanks,

--dES

[NJRoadfan]

No, the Firewire is strictly for D-VHS tapes. There is no encoder built in.

[Des]

That's what I was afraid of. My Toshiba DVD recorder won't even recognize it.
Is it worth keeping then? I have a JVC V101US and JVC S2901U and a semi-retired Panasonic AG 1960. I have a feeling the HD1000 isn't giving me anything special. I've never seen a home recorded D-VHS tape, so I doubt there is much call then.

--dES

[NJRoadfan]

The reality is the PV-HD1000 is a standard consumer VHS VCR with D-VHS added on.

[Des]

The reality is the PV-HD1000 is a standard consumer VHS VCR with D-VHS added on.

Yeah, I guess I'll see if it's worth putting on EBay or else donate it back. I have 3 standard issue VCRs with low mileage as back up for the others already.

NJRoadFan, I remembered from a previous post of mine that you troll the thrift stores like I do so I figured I'd grab it at that price before you showed up

Thanks for the advice.

--dES

[NJRoadfan]

I'd say keep it just to have a DVHS VCR. You can hook it up to a computer via firewire and view DVHS tapes using VLC with drivers that are built into Windows/OS X.