card. That's a lot faster and cheaper than the alternatives you are mentioning. Forget USB. It won't work well for video capture.
Two questions really prompted by difficulty in getting video from camcorder to PC. (2 day old cameral and 2 day old knowledge and user of same) Difficulty? no firewire connector in an expensive year old pooter, a big oversight on my part-thought it was on the case. the other difficulty finding a usb cable in a store locally-several Ofc Depots, Radio Shack, Staple etc with the mini connector for the camera.
In the interim-trying to find workaround, i.e. if a recorded tape mailed to someone with another cameral-will the tape play the vid satisfactorily? Or-can a tape be duplicated by a device available or perhaps by a computer shop or retailer?
Any suggestions appreciated til I get the "to PC" thing worked out
thank you and have a Happy 4th
Cameral is a Sony dcr hc26

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