What are some of the differences between FireWire cards?
Most FireWire cards contain bundled software of varying quality. My preference is for the Radius card, because you can get their excellent EditDV software bundled with it. A bit later in this FAQ, you’ll find more detailed information on EditDV. Adobe Premiere LE can be upgraded to regular Premiere for $ 299. Since it’s a $ 800 program, Premiere LE’s presence can save you quite a bit of money if you want to use Premiere. From all accounts, it’s well worth upgrading. Most of the cards come with capture software of varying quality. The best is probably Radius MotoDV, which comes with the EditDV bundle as well. Unfortunately for PC users, MotoDV is presently Mac only. The benchmark card appears to be the Miro DV300. See below for more details on it and EditDV. [18 August 1998] Apple has a FireWire card available for $ 300. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, it doesn’t come with software. Radius will sell you a $ 99 cut-down version of EditDV, called EditDV Unplugged; the main limitation
