Upconverter for camcorder?

Question

hello,

I have a Sony miniDV camcorder that I bought about 4 years ago. I finally made my first DVD few months ago but the quality isn't that sharp. I see lot of plixels on the TV.

I want to improve the DVD quality and how should I do it? I am using USB cable to import the video to my computer and useing pinnacle 9.0 software to edit the video and create a DVD. Does anybody make any upconver that I can place between my computer and camcorder while uploading the video on machine to improve quality?

Thanks,

J

Answer 1

If you have a mini dv (cassette) camcorder….

Your dv camcorder needs a firewire connection (ieee 1394) in order to download video, your PC probably did not come with a firewire port, so you will have to buy one and install it, since most computers (except possibly brand new) don't come with a firewire port, your camcorder did not come with a firewire cord so you have to purchase a cord too. Your camcorder did come with a USB cord and that is used for downloading stills from your camcorder. Make sure your camera is in playback mode.

Also I've noticed that DVD's I've made are not that sharp on a big screen TV, but look great on my 24 inch.