[MacDV] external Firewire drive recommendations?

[Andrew T. Lynch]

There is a new chipset, oxford 922.  I'm not sure what it offers.  What 
is of more interest to me is the ability to handle drives larger than 
128GB. (ATA 6?)  Macsales has two models of enclosures with the older 
oxford 911 chipset, one which will support the larger drives, and one 
which will not support it.

-Drew

On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 02:12  PM, Tom Nugent Jr wrote:

> I'm one of those "rank amateurs" who's just getting into digital 
> video.  My Sony DCR-TRV33 arrived today!  :)  I'm looking to add an 
> external Firewire drive, mostly for video work (probably in the 
> 80-120GB range).  I'm wondering if people can give recommendations 
> and/or warnings about any particular brands?  It seems like which 
> brands are available partly depend on which store you're looking at.
>
> For a while it sounded like you had to make sure you got an Oxford911 
> chipset on the hard drive, but recently I heard there's a 
> better/faster chipset??
>
> Basically, what should I know and look out for when shopping for a 
> Firewire drive that will be primarily used for video editing?
>
> Thanks!
>
>  -- Tom
>
>
>
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