[iBook] Mac friendly DV cameras?

[Larry Kollar]

Todd Doerpinghaus wrote:
>> stay away from the
>> cameras that record directly to DVD (some Sonys)

> Why won't dvd recordable camcorders work with an
> ibook?

No Firewire, and that's how iMovie expects to get video. You can jump 
through a couple of hoops to get the video in, but it tends to be lower 
quality than regular DV. Video on DVD gets compressed pretty heavily, 
you know.

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