hi guys.

need some advice on an evi. i have looked at one... but it only has a power supply lead and a remote.. how will my laptop pick it up? do i need any other leads?

allana

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hi guys.

need some advice on an evi. i have looked at one... but it only has a power supply lead and a remote.. how will my laptop pick it up? do i need any other leads?

allana

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Hi Allana, for a laptop you will need a USB based video capture card to connect the Sony Evi to the computer, either via S-video or the composite outputs the camera has. I would use the S-video output because it is better quality.

The type of video capture card for your situation I advise performers to buy is the following one if you are not using a 64bit operating system on that laptop. So make sure you are running a 32bit Windows operating system, be it Windows 7, Vista or XP.

Dazzle DVD Recorder, the link below shows you the site and what it looks like, it can come in a red themed box too but is the older version.

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer+Products/Dazzle/Dazzle+Video+ Archiving/Dazzle+DVD+Recorder.htm


Pricing is about �25 - �35 NEW

as you will see from google shopping.

http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en&source=hp&q=Dazzle%20%20DVD%20Recorder&aql=&oq=& gs_rfai=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wf

Try buying the Green package version it's a newer version thats only difference between the red themed box and the green themed box.

I'm sure you know Dixons in UK the high street electrical store they sell them and so does PCworld.

http://www.dixons.co.uk/gbuk/pinnacle-dazzle-dvd-recorder-for-pc-01064816-pdt.html?srcid =867&xtor=AL-78


http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/pinnacle-dazzle-dvd-recorder-for-pc-01064816-pdt. html



Remember to buy a long S-video to S-video cable too for the camera to connect to the video capture card. Make sure a good cable run so you have no problems with cables being too short.


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Just a couple of pictures showing how it would connect and what it looks like.

http://www.buyvideosoftware.com/softpic/Dazzle-DVD-Recorder-b.png


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Just a couple of pictures showing how it would connect and what it looks like.

http://www.buyvideosoftware.com/softpic/Dazzle-DVD-Recorder-b.png


http://images.tigerd irect.com/skuimages/large/P121-8196-main1.jpg



thank you... your a star, cant wait to get my evi now.

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