[Jason Debon]

Thanks so much for all that info. Very helpful. I have a much better idea of the limitations of moving to HD now.

[Jason Debon]

I know this thread is a little old, but it relates to a question I have about the trend for these HD cameras to have only USB connections. I’m wondering if the cameras can be used to monitor the output of the Final Cut Pro timeline on a television?

Currently I use a miniDV camera, by connecting the firewire cable from my mac into the miniDV camera, and then connecting the miniDV camera to a television via RCA cables I can view everything I do on my timeline on a television for quality controll. If I buy an HD camera that doesn’t have firewire connectivity, but only has USB, can I use it to do the same thing connecting to the camera via USB? Will FInal Cut know how to output the timeline via USB?

And just to make sure, it sounds like I definitely can use the USB to capture into Final Cut Pro, correct?

Thanks for any light you can shed on this subject.

J.