Maxtor DV Producer

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Summary: Maxtor DV Producer
Review: The card caused by PC to never shut down. Maxtor had no clue. I swapped it with my friend's card (different brand) and it worked on his. His worked on mine. The ArcSoft software is OK but tech support is nonexistent.

I would not recommend this product..

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Summary: Too bad software included
Review: The IEEE-1394 card and cable works fine with my system. It can even be used to connect a notebook with desktop. But the Arcsoft ShowBiz software included in the package is totally a piece of junk.
It can download video clips as .avi files in huge size (>2G)from DV to your hard drives. But if you want to transfer these clips into MPEG or other file types, it will quit without any error notice. Sometimes it can churn out a smaller file with extream slow speed, but later you will find out the sound track of your video clip has been seriously biased. It has been slowed down and everything sounds weird with lower frequencies.

I don't recommend this product.