Sony EZEDITOR MiniDV Home Video Editing Kit for PC (Windows 98 and Higher)

by Sony

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000632H8
• Item model number: EZEDITORDV
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 2, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Sony presents an easy way to make home videos more entertaining and fun. Buy the EZEDITORDV EZ Editor Kit for use with your Mini DV camcorder and your PC, and you can start editing your home videos to look like they were done by a professional. This affordable, easy-to-use solution comes complete with everything you need to create great home videos. Even Tech TV's review says the product "packs quite a punch with a small price tag."

You can shoot your home video on the supplied Sony media and connect to your PC with the supplied IEEE 1394 PCI board and cable (i.LINK/FireWire compatible). Edit your home video on your PC with point-and-click drag-and-drop simplicity. Enhance your video with titles, narration, background music, and transition effects. Share your creations by adding them to your website, sending video e-mails, or by recording finished movies back onto Sony media. You can even copy onto VHS tape for friends and family.

Product Description

An editing kit for Sony MiniDV camcorders

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great deal for beginners, July 17, 2002

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C. Aguilar Weber (Monterrey, NL Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony EZEDITOR MiniDV Home Video Editing Kit for PC (Windows 98 and Higher) (Office Product)

I have just bought this "audio editing package" as a part of my first video camera kit. I found it great because it contains all do you need to begin working on your digital videos, the software interface its very intuitive and very easy to use and you can be making things on broadcast quality very soon.

The only complaint that I have, and the reason why I only assign 4 stars to this product, it's that the documentation is very poor (actually doesn't mention anything about the PCI card setup) and also I didn't find any help on-line to accomplish this task (neither in the websites of Sony and Pinnacle) .

If you have a medium knowledge on setting up a PCI device within your PC and you are interested in begin video edition this product is for you. (By the way the only difference between this package and the D8 labeled it's the media tapes they have inside).

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What is this?!?!?!, November 23, 2002

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Chad Schmidt "Fathertyme" (Seattle Wa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony EZEDITOR MiniDV Home Video Editing Kit for PC (Windows 98 and Higher) (Office Product)

First off... I have not tried this!!!!

BUT! When I got here, my first thought was.... OK... what is this, since amazon does not seem to supply ANY information about it at all. So I went hunting, and I figure I'd share my finds with you.

Key Features:

- Add titles, narration, special effects and more
- Capture one hour of DV tape in 150 MB of disk space with SmartCapture feature
- Create DV tapes, MPEG files, AVI clips, or RealVideo files for web-streaming
- The perfect companion to your DV or Digital8 camcorder

Package includes

2-Sony DVM60PR MiniDV Tapes
1-IEEE 1394 PCI Board
Pinnacle Systems Studio DV Editing Software
Instruction Guide to Movie Making
1-IEEE 1394 (Firewire/i.link) 6-Pin x 4-Pin cable

There was a note on the same page that I found all this saying that this only supports NTSC, NOT PAL version...

overall, this looks like a pretty good deal for those who want to transfer their MiniDV's to their computers, only gave it 4 stars since A) I personally haven't used it, and B) When it comes to video editing, I'm more a type A personality, and I think I'd like more control than this product would give me. but thats just me :)

hope this helps

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Installation Problems, April 5, 2003

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This review is from: Sony EZEDITOR MiniDV Home Video Editing Kit for PC (Windows 98 and Higher) (Office Product)

This Sony software is actually made by Pinnacle Systems, and thus Sony's helpdesk will refer you to Pinnacle. Boy did I need help! The software came without a serial # required to install it, and it took me almost 8 hours with email, fax and phone with Pinnacle to get a serial #. The FireWire card supplied did not include the promised installation instructions, so I had ...[to] guess. Once I got the serial #, the installation went well, but Pinnacle's help desk is not an impressive outfit. Once installed, my Win XP PC instantly recognized my Sony Mini DV camcorder, and I downloaded my tape onto my hard drive with good intuitive controls.