In Box - Titling Videos, Editing Tricks, MoviePlus x3 Review (page 2)

Still Looking

Why are there no inexpensive, Mini DV record/playback decks out there? I know Sony has them, but they are rather expensive for the average consumer who would like to do some video editing without using his own video camera. With all the Mini DV cameras out there, you would think that someone would have brought out an inexpensive deck by now. Any suggestions?
Paul Boudreau

We agree, Paul. We've long lamented about this lack of necessary tool for users and have written about it a lot. We're still waiting. When we hear of this magic product's release, we'll certainly send up the signal flag! We have often suggested using an old or inexpensive camcorder for this purpose, but some NLE's won't "read" the footage shot from one camera that is being captured on another (and this is also a huge problem when it comes to HDV-if you have footage recorded on a Canon, for example, your Sony camcorder probably won't be able to play it back.) This is another thorn in our sides that we've discussed. Whatever happened to the common formatting of the old S-VHS days, huh?
-The Editors

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