| Two words: miniDV FireWire
A slot-loading optical drive cannot handle miniDVD. Do not attempt to insert them. If you are a Mac user with dreams of being Steven Spielberg, miniDVD is not for you even if you have a tray-loading optical drive. MiniDVD is intended for playback only. If you want to edit miniDVD, you need to RIP it to an editable format. This will lower its quality.
FireWire is a video standard. USB is not. It is virtually certain that any name brand camcorder featuring FireWire is Mac-compatible. It is also virtually certain that any camcorder featuring USB without FireWire is not. |