They are both cables. I thought cables have nothing to do with quality. The only differences are the speeds. Why cant i use USB 2.0 with my camcorder? Why does firewire provide the better video quality for camcorder?
PS my camcorder does not have USB streaming.
2007-09-13 15:54:50 · 3 answers · asked by Curious-about-Everything Jeremy 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Camcorders
http://www.directron.com/firewirevsusb.html
2007-09-14 05:30:58 · answer #1 · answered by Jameskan Video 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Sony HDD camcorder only uses USB 2.0. I transfered a 2 hour home movie to my PC in 15 minutes. Firewire would have taken 2 hours. With Firewire, if you have a 1 hour home movie, it takes 1 hour to transfer to PC. If you have a 2 hour home movie, it takes 2 hours to tranfer with Firewire.
I was initially pissed of that the camcorder did not use Firewire because I thought that was the best and the fastest. USB 2.0 amazed me!!!!
2007-09-17 23:04:12 · answer #2 · answered by jacobimmugatu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USB is an IP oriented ;port, it uses bursts of data transfers in packets. Firewire is formatted for a continuous stream of serial data.
2007-09-15 18:00:48 · answer #3 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋