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Review on Enhance Your Connectivity with the Vantec πŸ”Œ 2+1 FireWire 800/400 PCIe Combo Host Card (UGT-FW210) by Brett Blazis

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The interface works and is easy to install, no drivers required

My old desktop had a firewire connection, I was building a new desktop and there was no firewire option on the motherboard assuming there was this format is set,? although I had digital videocassettes that I wanted to convert to DVD or Blu-Ray format. I needed a FireWire interface to connect my DV camera and record video. I bought this Vantec interface, it wasn't the cheapest but it had good reviews and I chose the brand I know. Installation was easy, no driver disks, plug and play. My system recognized the card at startup and installed compatible drivers. Plugged into my DV camcorder and the camcorder drivers installed right away. I tried to record videos with an old version of Sony Vegas 13 but it didn't work and I still can't record with Vegas. I found a standalone free app called DV Capture and was able to capture video from tape with no problem. Each chapter/scene becomes a separate video file. Now that all the scenes are captured on my computer, I can use Vegas to edit and create movies. I'm hoping to find out why Vegas capture stops immediately when I start capturing video, but until then I'll be using DVcapture.

Pros
  • Worth the money
Cons
  • Not sure