You find a lot of misinformation about where people will state the reason for dropped frames is because they are capturing over USB 2.0. This simply isn't accurate and stems back from the days of USB 1.0. It's rarely, if ever, backed up by any sort of facts and figures.

Also the "noob" should connect their camcorder to their PC by whichever interface is convenient for them. Therefore if the PC has a USB 2.0 port (and every pc sold has at least one of these) and the camcorder supports capture over USB 2.0 then why should they go out and purchase a firewire port and install it, just because they're new to video editing?

Besides, capturing over USB is no more reserved for the more experience video editor than capturing over firewire.

*gets off same soap box"

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