That is one of the most ridiculous things I have heard in a long time. If anything more and more Have firewire. USB 2 is what he will probably say takes its place and he would also be so wrong with that statement. Usb2 cannot sustain the transfer rates needed for video transfer. (it has a OK burst speed but does not hang in there) Only DVD camcorders use USB2 and the file will only be an mpeg2 (DVD standard) which is NO GOOD for editing.

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