All that's beginning to change. A consortium of camcorder manufacturers have developed Digital Video camcorder specifications. DV camcorders look, feel, and operate almost exactly like traditional analog camcorders.
Conventional camcorders require special equipment to convert analog video to digital data.
These video-capture boards are the focus of our main feature. As might be expected, DV technology isn't cheap. It's a small, sophisticated device with 36 buttons, knobs, and switches. The PV-DV1000 is an immensely complicated camera that is often difficult to use. But it offers an impressive range of pro studio features.