On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 09:07:08 -0500, "Daniel H Lauring" wrote:

>Will a single UDMA hard drive be sufficient to capture DV?

Yes. You may find it useful to add at least one more drive
for edit-to/playback-from purposes, though.

>What format will the card save the data in?

DV-AVI

>What sustained data rate do I need?

Mini-DV data rate is approx. 3.6 MB/Second, an easy
(and constant) rate for HD's to handle.

>Will I need a Raid array?

No.

>How does this compare to what is needed for capturing mjpeg
>with a Matrox Marvel or similar device?

Dunno - depends on quality-level selected, and the maximum data
rate these put out, I suppose... For equal image quality,
I suspect that mini-DV will be easier on HD requirements...