D-Link 3-Port IEEE 1394 Firewire Adapter Card

List Price: $129.00

Features:

• Connects digital video cameras and other IEEE 1394 devices to PCs
• Data transfer rates up to 400 Mbps
• Connects up to 63 digital devices
• No need for external power adapter
• Includes digital editing software for home video

Customer Reviews:

Easy. Cheap. [Posted on 2002-10-22]
Dell Dimension 8200 running Windows XP. Using a Canon ZR45. Opened the case, put in the card, closed the case, plugged in the camcorder (turned on), turned on the computer and started capturing video. Easy.

DONT BUY THIS JUNK [Posted on 2002-12-05]
I have a new gateway machine- I bought the card from gateway and with the card installed the computer will not shut down or sleep. Initially the computer wouldn't shut down or sleep but flashing the BIOS and updating the Intel chipset drivers and changing settings in the BIOS now lets the machine be shut down. Still can't sleep though and neither will you!
D-Link has NO support and even thought this is a widespread problem with this card you will find no mentionn or help for this problem.

D-Link Firewire Card + WIN98SE PC + iPod = Tunes-to-go [Posted on 2002-12-06]
I put this DFW-500 FireWire PCI card in my 4.5 year old Windows 98 SE PC and XPlay software let's me put my MP3s on my iPod. It took some work. This is, after all, making enemies live/work together in harmony. Not recommended for rank beginners, the getting-a-PC-to-see-the-iPod part. The FireWire card installation was easy.

Very affordable and easy installation [Posted on 2002-12-07]
Dell Dimension 4500 running Windows XP with a Panasonic DV-400 camcorder. When I first plugged the card in, XP didn't see it. I ended up swapping to another slot and it immediately recognized the new hardware and installed it automatically. Was capturing video in under 20 minutes total! So far I have just used XP MovieMaker because the included software doesn't seem very intuitive.

It works, I guess.... [Posted on 2002-12-09]
I got this in hopes of turning my PC and digital camcorder into a movie studio. It was easy enough to install I suppose, and it actually works I think because some images from my camcorder DID actually make it to the monitor. However, I was never able to do more than that with this product. I don't think there is something inherently wrong with it, but PCs, at least not highly up to date ones, are just not very compatible with Firewire. I guess I could have spent more time on this and perhaps actually accomplished something. It was just too tedious and not worth it. My brothers IMAC works brilliantly with Firewire, and I would recommend you get a Mac if you want to make movies.

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