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| Thread ID: 109140 | 2010-04-26 03:21:00 | The new laptop purchase conundrum...the minidv issue | Organicpete (133) | Press F1 |
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| 880000 | 2010-04-26 03:21:00 | Hi Guys :) My friend has a minidv tape handicam that she likes. She needs a laptop and of course minidv needs firewire and yes, of course, it is now not used. Nor are the PCMCIA slots included so a card addition is not happening. Dang. The budget is only $1k :D Any thoughts on a laptop that will solve this ? You are going to say get a HD cam aren't you ? ;) thanks Pete |
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| 880001 | 2010-04-26 03:39:00 | You'd have to look to up the budget to $1300 or so for something like the Pavilion dv6-2109AX to get a laptop with built-in FireWire. Or get a laptop with an expresscard slot (like the dv6-1222AX) and get an expresscard FireWire adapter. Or else, maybe you can find a USB/Firewire adapter second hand somewhere (I think Pixela were the only company who ever made them, and haven't done so for a while). |
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| 880002 | 2010-04-26 05:16:00 | my dv6 has a built in mini firewire port. | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 880003 | 2010-04-26 07:42:00 | Just get one of these - www.trademe.co.nz Supposedly cards with the Texas Instruments chipset are more reliable with some devices (in my case a firewire audio interface) |
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| 880004 | 2010-04-26 21:20:00 | Excellent thanks guys :) checking out the dv6 and also anything with a slot for the addon card ! cheers Pete |
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| 880005 | 2010-04-27 11:14:00 | Just loading a shiney new HP dv6 as we speak :) any clues how to untranspose " and @ please ? :) tried changing 'use UK/US keyboard' Thanks for the help cheers Pete |
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| 880006 | 2010-04-27 11:44:00 | Found it thanks US keyboard :) Now all I need is the get the edit button back in this forum :D logged in and everything Pete |
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