mini dv help ! please

[xdsolved]

hi i just purchased a minidv camcorder panasonic gs85 ( tell me if it sucks ) n i wanted to connect it to the computer but the usb is only for the still pics so my question is .
should i but a firewire ?
or buy a video card n record it by the software that comes with it ( i mean the video card ) .
im really considering the video card .
pls tell me witch 1 has the better quality .
ok thank you

[paglamon]

should i but a firewire ?

Without any doubt. Firewire will let you "transfer" the video from camera to PC without any encoding during the process. I have the SONY HC 96E and always transfer my recordings this way using WinDV.

[pfloyd]

Firewire is for video, usb is for stills.

[paglamon]

@admin,
I cannot see your test post(for spellings).

[admin]

Sorry about that, was actually testing it on a closed forum to update the forum software to 3.7.3, so it wasn't this thread that was updated.