Last week, triggered by a rash of new cases caused by Apple's 2004-7-15 updater, we again touched on problems of iSight interference with iPod operation, as well as host system stability. Among the ...

FireWire is a transfer protocol designed to accommodate the large file sizes of digital video. If your work computer only features a USB port and your camera only has FireWire, you can still download ...

Q: My new Compaq computer doesn’t have a FireWire port, which means I cannot connect my Canon mini-DV camcorder to it. . I’ve tried using a cable with a FireWire plug on one end and a USB plug on the ...

This document describes how to use the DLP LightCrafter with the global trigger function of industrial USB, FireWire, and GigE CCD cameras from The Imaging Source ...

Sales of peripherals could get a boost this year as the two primary technologies for connecting external devices to PCs get turbocharged. PC makers in recent months have begun installing a high-speed ...

Last year’s introduction of the Power Mac G5 made USB 2.0 ports standard issue. These ports complement FireWire for the connection of DV cameras, hard drives, scanners, and a variety of input devices.

Some (all?) DV camcorders transfer the raw DV data over Firewire but recompress the video when tranferring over USB. DV camcorders are really meant to be used with Firewire.