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Belkin F3N402-06-ICE 4-Pin to 4-Pin FireWire Cable (6-Feet)

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Belkin provides an excellent assortment of FireWire Digital High Speed Data / Video / Audio transfer via these IEEE-1394 sheilded cables.

This cable is a 4 pin to 4 pin - 6 foot 2 way Apple FireWire & Sony iLink compatible cable. Transmit speed up to 400 MBPS (Million Bits/Per Second). The 400 speed is for digital data only. NOTE: this is an easier and better way than USB transfer!

My evaluation of this cable is for the DIGITAL VIDEO/AUDIO transfer ONLY. The max speed of which is 100 MBPS.

I have utilized this cable for digital video/audio transfer of my Sony 8mm/Hi8/Digital8 camcorder video tapes to a Philips DVDR-985 Progressive Scan Recorder and Player via this FireWire. What is truly amazing about this cable is you transfer digital information quickly and with no picture quality or audio signal loss.

I have used this cable successfully for digital video & audio transfer between Digital8 camcorder and DVD+RW Recorders (PC DVD Burner or DVD Recorder). Digital8 camcorder to Sony GV-D800 8mm/Hi8/Digital Video Cassette Recorder and the GV-D800 to the Philips DVDR-985.

This 4pin to 4pin 6 foot 2 way FireWire cable is a very necessary and outstanding addition to the world of digital data/video/audio transfer. Enjoy.

The 6' 4 pin to 4 pin Belkin IEEE 1394/Firewire cable does exactly what it says it should for relatively cheap. As long as you're at the 400 MB/s standard as this is, there's no need to spend $50 on a gold plated connector and superheavy isolation like the Monster cables. Firewire is designed to function up to 15' without signal degradation, and unlike analog signals the 0 and 1s of digital signals aren't subject to manipulation by electrical fields. Either they get through or they don't, so as long as these are certified under the standard you save money by not buying useless frills. It's shiny translucent silver, not black, but if you care that much about cable color you probably already have your cables isolated anyway.

The 4 pin models work with most electrical powered devices; the 6 pin models usually are for devices that need battery power. (To tell, look at the cable input. If the Firewire port looks like a USB port it's 6 pin, as the extra two pins carry current. If its tiny, it's a 4 pin outlet.) For those looking for an adapter for Comcast/Motorola HDTV-ready digital boxes, you'll need a 6 pin cable on one end as Motorola decided to use a 6 pin adapter, where almost all HDTVs, DVHS VCRs, and PCs use a 4 pin. Recommended.

I wanted to connect my JVC GR-D250u to my laptop that has both USB and Firewire and I didn't want to spend the money on the JVC cable. I looked the Belkin one up, found it at a fair price and received it 3 days later.
It works just as it should.
I am now transferring digital video to my laptop so i can edit it and share it with my family and friends.

This product works flawlessly, as advertised. I was looking for a low-cost, quality, FireWire cable to connect my Sony HDR-HC1 camcorder to my PC, to transfer HDV video. I hooked up one end to the camera, the other end to the FireWire port on my PC, fired up the editing software, and started transferring video.

If you've never bought a FireWire cable before, a word of caution: make sure your device accepts a 4-pin cable and not a 6-pin, which is wider and supposedly looks a lot like USB. Then check that your computer also accepts a 4-pin cable. Otherwise, (obviously) you should get a different cable.

I needed this cable 4-pin to 4-pin to get Hi-8 digital video from a Sony camera uploaded to an XP laptop I have (my work laptop, actually). Since Sony chose not to write the drivers necessary to accomplish this with Vista 64, I needed to buy this cable. Sony, customer-friendly fellas that they are, wanted to charge me $39.99 for the cable and said they couldn't get it to me for a couple of weeks. I don't remember what I spent on the Belkin cable, but it wasn't much north of ten bucks and it got to me two days later. And it works.

But I won't be buying any Sony products any time soon.

This is Great deal!! why someone would spend $39 for same product somewhere else, if you can get the same product here at amazon for way less price. I would sure recommend this product.

this works great for anyone with a video camera that has a four pin fire wire but an unusuable other end with most computers. lots of computers have a four pin port, so just plug one end into your video camera and the other into your four pin port on your computer. I have Vista on a Dell laptop and the OS found a program to run my camera......worked greatBelkin F3N402-03-ICE 4-Pin to 4-Pin FireWire Cable (3-Feet)

I bought a Laptop to use for video production.
The laptop only had a 4 pin fire wire plugin.
I bought this cable and it worked great.
Finally I can download my video!

Bought the cable to patch form video camera to PC. Works great. Quality of the cable is very good. Can't see a thing wrong with it. The signal was perfect and was able to record a blu ray format with the video that I shot using the HV20 camera. The results speak for themselves. The price was right and I am very pleased with this cable.

I wasn't sure it would work.
The package arrived on time.

It works great!

Used with: Sony DCR-HC26 MiniDV Digital Handycam Camcorder

Windows Vista Home Premium

The recommended cable was: Sony i.Link Interface (IEEE1394, 4-PIN Connector S100)

Well done Amazon.Com!
Belkin F3N402-06-ICE 4-Pin to 4-Pin FireWire Cable (6-Feet)