On 24 Jan 2002 08:09:22 -0800, jxbjxbjxb@yahoo.com (Jaxon Bridge) wrote:

>I've read about the differing quality among video-input cards for
>Windows machines, so it made me wonder how the firewire input on the
>new Imacs stacks up against quality? I had previously thought that
>since it was all digital, quality of image transfer would be
>essentially the same between different Firewire devices -- i suppose
>this is not true? Anyone care to comment on the Imac? I am thinking
>about getting one.

Input/output transfer would be the same, with no change
in quality; what is different is the quality of the codec used
for processing changes in the footage (filters/effects/
transitions) - and this separates the output quality (and
often processing speed) of various computer editing systems...