Rantings, mostly…

If there is something “bonked” on the web, normally I run into it.

This time searching for “minidv player” resulted in “Tepito 50-Pack, 1.4 GB, 30 Minutes, 4X Mini DVD-R”.

Seriously, check it out yourself.

Also, if anyone happens to run across any method of importing your MiniDVs to a machine (PC, Linux PC, Apple, I don’t care) without having to use a digital video device as the transport from device.

Basically, does something like a card reader (Secure Digital, MMC, Compact Flash, Micro SD, et cetera) exist for a MiniDV tape?

And no… I do *NOT* want to see a deck, unless of course it is under the $300 range.

As happy as a Sony GV-D1000 would make me, I simply do not have a desire for so costly a toy, only to use it as the means to get my video from there to a machine.

The entire purpose of this want, is to save my itty-bitty camera’s motor from burning out on me.  It would be cheaper (and more logical) to just purchase another digital video camera.

I bought this camera a few hours ago:

I purchased it from B&H Photo. You can view the details here:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/…JVGRD770…

(URL snipped for being annoyingly long.)

I opted for this one instead of the (supposedly) better one, the GR-D796, that comes with two batteries.

$64.05 USD difference, and when I need a new battery, I can easily find one for around $40.00 USD.

The funny thing is, from what I can tell, the D770 and D796 are *identical* save one difference. The first comes with only one BN-VF808 battery, whereas the latter comes with two.

Wow. What a feature…