Adaptec 1932800 Fireconnect for Notebooks Kit

by Adaptec

Product Details

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• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000062STV
• Item model number: 1932800
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 29, 2004

Product Description

Provides FireWire Connectivity fo PC and Mac notebooks. It includes a 3-port Firewire CardBus adapter, DV editing and CD/DVD video creation software

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great firewire pccard, May 6, 2003

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ALVARO OLIVARES CASTILLO (Miami, FLORIDA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adaptec 1932800 Fireconnect for Notebooks Kit (Personal Computers)

This pccard is a very nice card that worked without a glitch in windows xp, it didn't even need the drivers.

The card is fast, comes with great software and a cable that works great with my sony dv (i link) camera.

The only thing that wasn't included in the box was the power adapter needed if you have bus powered devices conected this card.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great., October 7, 2003

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parrhesiastes "ti esti" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adaptec 1932800 Fireconnect for Notebooks Kit (Personal Computers)

This is one amazing product, I got this for my laptop Inspiron 8100. Though, I already had a 4 pin firewire port but the problem as you may or may not know is, 4-pin firewire can not supply power to the connected device. Most of the firewire devices i have are dependent on bus-power e.g. Compact Flash reader, so I chose adaptec card bus as it have an optional power input line so the connected devices can draw power.
Overall, its very handy and useful plus the installation was smooth (you just plug & play, XP will instantly detect it).

p.s. just a little thought, firewire have nothing to do with "video editing" nor it will improve with using different software. FIREWIRE is a communication standard i.e. IEEE 1394/1394b , the later is also known as FireWire800 and gives twice as fast speed as normal firewire.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank God someone made DV editing easy, September 3, 2003

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CB (holland, Pa United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Adaptec 1932800 Fireconnect for Notebooks Kit (Personal Computers)

I bought this card after searching for a solution to transfer DV from my Sony DV cam to my PC. I have tried several things but this one is the best. Easy installation and plug and play is awesome. I wouldn't use anything else.