a firewire port? That is required (along with a firewire cable).
Another possibility is a HDMI port that can take inbound video and audio. Black Magic makes good cards.
Which video editor are you planning to use? It needs to be able to deal with HDV.
I just ordered my first hd camcorder. the canon vixia hv40. but it just occurred to me that my system might not be strong enough to handle hd video. this is my set up:
msi g31tm-p21 mother board
4gb ram
2.8ghz dualcore
nvidia geforce 9400gt 1gb
HDD 1tb + 250gb
windows 7 64-bit
master collection cs5

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