Uploading via firewire.
Some cameras do this. However most owners won't pop for the software to make this happen or will have content in some format (DVR?) that needs to be trans-coded first. Even more owners will stop trying this as soon as they discover that on most PCs, they may have to wait 2 to 6 hours for the transcoding to complete this the upload time is at 1X speed or ... upload of one hour of video will take... one hour.
Those that research this a bit more will not be doing this except for that rare bit they really needed.
Bob
I'm thinking of buying a camcorder and it would be great if I could transfer dvr recordings to the camcorder (miniDV). I have a Comcast Motorola DVR with firewire output as well as the other composite outputs. Has anyone tried this with a miniDV camcorder?
Thanks for any help

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