Hi i have a sony DCRTRV33 cam corder and a p.c with the following specs

P4 3.06GHz (HT)
120 GB Deskstar HDD
512 MB DDR RAM
Gefroce FX5200 graphics card

I am currently using a trial version of video studio to see if i can get the hang of video editing.

What i want to do is take some video i have got on my cam corder and make some changes then burn it onto dvd. However when i do this the output quality is very poor, even though i have transfered it at the highest resolution the software will let me, 724*something! (sorry cant remember the resolution)

Im just using USB 2.0 from the camera into the back of the p.c. I havent got a video capture card, so i asume im using the graphics card in my pc????

Would i be better off buying a seperate capture card and using firewire?

If so which one would you suggest?

Any suggestions on improving the quality would be great thanks

Michael