It was a standard firewire cable. Terrific use of FUD to steer you to Sony label solutions, but why not plug it in and try WINDV?
Bob
PS. I paid 4.99 for my cable, the Sony was 69.99.
I have a new Sony MiniDV camcorder which has USB and firewire capability. According to Sony, firewire is only supported when using a Vaio PC with Sony software. Will the firewire work with other software such as WinDVD? I was planning to order a cable, which is apaprently only available through Sony, but if there is no support, it would be a waste.

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