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Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2007
I have found this product to be a great value. The price is very good, especially considering it saved me from purchasing a 4pin to 6pin "firewire" cable separately ($>10 savings). It installed more easily than I anticipated; probably took all of 5 minutes.
W. Wu
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2004
I purchased this card based on the positive reviews here. However, my sony camcoder (TRV20) was not detected. I'm seeking technical support now. After I get their reply I will update this review. I use Windows XP pro.Although this is a good card (according to reviews), it may not work for certain camcorders.
Jeremy Stein
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2004
The card worked fine with plug-and-play on XP Home. One concern is that it showed up with a different name in the Hardware Manager than the instructions said it would. However, it seems to work fine.One slightly annoying problem is that it didn't come as the MGI software that the description claims. I received Sonic MyDVD (misnamed since the demo version you get only creates VCDs, not DVDs) along with Arcsoft Showbiz. Sonic MyDVD wasn't able to burn a VCD on my computer. (It gave me "unknown error"), but the software that came with my camcorder didn't have a problem. Over-all I'm unimpressed with this replacement software, particularly since the bundled software was one of the reasons I bought this card. However, between Windows Movie Maker (that came with my machine) and the software that came with my Sony camcorder, I think I can do everything I need for now.
D. Fenton
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2003
I just installed the card and had no trouble installing and starting FireConnect on Windows XP machine. Existing driver in XP was recognized without having to install the driver from the CD. The included cable was a plus. To test the card I connected a camcorder and had no problem with transfering videos to my computer.I wish all installations were this straightforward.
Kevin0611
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2003
Bought this so i could attach an iPod to my Dell PC. Worked like a charm. Have Windows XP so i never even had to use the enclosed driver CD, XP recognized it with no problem. So I give it 5 stars, does exactly what it's supposed to without any problems.BTW, if you've never installed a card into your computer, I hadn't either. I was a little nervous but it's the easiest thing to do. Finished in 5 minutes.
John Marxen
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2003
I can't rate the product any higher yet as I am waiting for a DVD burner to use it, but I must have gotten a different package than the other reviewers. The CD with mine has NO drivers-not that you need one, the plug and play works fine-but the disc has only the myDVD editor, Acrobat, and Quicktime on it-no drivers. The real negative with this is that when the hardware installs, it installs as a Texas Instrument product and driver and the directions specifically tell you to look for the "AFW host controller" in the device manager list which is no where to be found-not in windows or on the CD. Not that it is unusual for directions to be misleading. Going to the Adaptec website there is a support FAQ that explains that sure enough the Texas Instrument info will show up and that is OK. It would be nice if there was more attention paid to getting the instruction sheets right.
AndyP
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2003
it worked for two days before braking on me and now my computer doesnt recognize my ipod or aknowledge its there
Mike Anderson
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2002
Installation was a snap. Installed the card, fired up my Windows 2000 machine, and there it was. No drivers to install, Windows took care of it. No drivers to install for my video camera (Sharp Digital Viewcam). Once I plugged in my camera, Windows 2000 loaded the default Microsoft DV driver, and that worked great. MGI VideoWave 4 SE software that comes with product could be a little better; (more effects, more video formats, etc) but overall, very good product. Total time to install product/software: 10 minutes. I run a Pentium II 350, with 196 MB RAM. It took about 45 minutes for the software to convert a 9 minute AVI file to MPEG. I recommend having as much memory and processor speed as you can have.
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