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Thats just pretty stupid (and cheap) for Sony to have one yet not hook it up.... But like I said.... When I plugged it in, the computer recognized there was a USB connection... That's why I think there is some connection... Any thoughts??

Since I can pop said DVD into my PC and effectively transfer the recorded content in seconds and USB may take 20 minutes (or more) why not just pop the DVD media over?

Bob

That's what I do now but it still takes forever to import it from the DVD drive... Don't want to wait that long..

If you were expecting the USB transfer to speed this up I can take bets to make some mad money on that.

Bob

How come I can transfer 30GB of video from my HDD camcorder in 20 mins? And the 1.4GB video from DVD would take longer you say??? Can you explain that to me???

Different product and market.

Bob

But it still doesnt make sense that they're both USB 2.0 and they would have dramatic differences in transfer time. Doesn't seem possible. If it took lets say 30 mins to transfer one DVD(1.4GB) by USB, the transfer rate would be: 1.4GB/1800sec or 1434MB/1800sec= .8MB/sec. Compared to HDD: 30GB/1200sec or 30720MB/1200sec= 25.6MB/sec. Maybe there's something I am missing but if it does take longer, I still like the convenience of USB.

I read other replies that there is no USB support. Are you just venting?

As to transfer times, the DVD drive I have is much faster than any firewire or USB transfer. Maybe that is something you need to fix.

Bob

Which is probably where you were coming from and I was too dense to understand. If the computer recognized the USB port, that means there's some power, somewhere. And I can't see that there is a memory card - it writes stills to the DVD... curious. But a computer driver won't do what you want. There is definitely *something* missing from the camera that has hobbled that port.

By the way, page 12 of the manual, in the "Transferring data to your computer at high speed" section, it says "The DCR-DVD92/DVD602 do not support a computer connection"... Not that you wanted - or needed - that repeated... but, um... it says so...

Sony will say what the camcorder can and can't do for what they designed it (if that makes sense (that's why it's covered up))... Even though they say it won't connect to a USB, that doesnt mean that they're telling the truth... I still think it's very cheap of Sony to have the port right there and not use it... Seems odd that they'll supply power to the port yet not utilize its function (so no excuses about manufacturing costs)... I asked Sony Support and (of course) they say, "Oh, we are positive there's no USB port" yet plain as day there's a USB port... Does any owner out there know what I am talking about??? I kinda wanted some feedback from other users who have not seen this port before yet have some technical sense of trying how to make it work...

As for parts functioning or not functioning, that's called marketing and market segmentation. Want an additional feature? Pay the higher price. They also use the same sensors in different cameras. The more expensive ones have more functions activated.