Thanks, Dan, but apparently the Dazzle DV Hollywood Bridge has been
discontinued. Dazzle has been acquired by Pinnacle, which apparently is not
necessarily good news from what I'm reading in the groups. The closest
thing to what you describe appears to be their Dazzle Digital Video Creator
150, which they say "is a high quality external, USB video capture device
for anyone, with any type of camcorder, who would like to get started
editing digital video on the PC. Dazzle DVC 150 also includes Pinnacle
Studio QuickStart for fun and easy movie making. Capture your footage, make
your movie and burn to CD or DVD."
Dell has this item for the current price of $124.16. So I wonder if
anyone else has any first-hand information about the DV Creator 150?
Dan said:
I'm not an expert by any stretch, but I'm very happy with the Dazzle DV
Hollywood Bridge. It uses the 1394 Firewire connection to the PC, and the
you can input RCA cables, an S-Video cable, or a 1394 Firewire. It has a
switch that allow analog to digital, digital to analog, or a simple "pass
through" for DV content directly to the computer. I bought mine at Best Buy
a couple of years ago. Perhaps there are new and improved versions out there
these days. Good luck!