The only VTRs for mini DV tape that I'm aware of are much more expensive than consumer grade cameras.
Someone should come out with an inexpensive consumer-grade VTR. If anyone knows of one, I would be very interested to hear about it as well :) On 4/17/07, Bev Sykes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a Canon mini DVD camcorder which takes a mini DV tape. The > connection to the computer is on the side of the camera and I could > see after I started working with it that there was a real danger in it > becoming loose. > > Thanks to my dog, who bumped the camera, it did. Now the computer > won't read the camera and though the CAMERA works fine, I can't > transfer tapes to my computer without finding a camera to borrow. I > can send the camera it for repairs, but I can see that there is a > great danger of this happening again and I'm wondering if it's worth > paying for repairs. I can't afford a new camera, but I'm wondering if > there exists such a thing as a tape reader, like we have card readers > for digital cameras, which could just be plugged into the computer > permanently and eliminate the need for having the camera near the > computer at all. > > A search on the internet yielded only mini DVD players, which I can't > use, or it yielded something that was in the >$1,000 range. I was > hoping for something significantly more affordable. > > Any ideas? > > If it's possible to e-mail me privately ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I would > really appreciate it, since I am going out of town for the next two > days and any response might get buried in the deluge that is this > group! > > Thanks so much for your help. > > -- > Bev Sykes
