Create movie magic any time, any place on your notebook computer with PYRO 1394 Port For Notebooks. 1394/FireWire is the external bus technology that professional video editors have been using for years to transfer footage from their DV camcorders to their computers to produce broadcast quality videos. Now it's your turn to play director. Use PYRO Digital Video 1394DV to spark your imagination and create your own home movies, video greeting cards, and video e-mail.

• Add 3 IEEE1394 ports to your Notebook
• Capture and Edit Digital Video
• Transfer data at 400 Mb/Sec.
• Connect to Hard Drives, Printers, Scanners, Cameras and more
• Connect To A FireWire Network

Includes:
PYRO 1394 Card Bus
Connector Dongle w/ 3 1394 ports
6 pin x 4 pin 1394 cable (6 ft. long)

PYRO 1394 Cardbus:
1394a Open-Host Controller Interface (OHCI) - compliant
Isochronous and asynchronous data transfer
Hot plugging
1394 Ports: 3 ports (2 external, 1 internal)
Connectors: 6 Pin 1394, 4 Pin
Bus Speeds: 100, 200, 400 Mb/sec.
Bus Interface: PCI 2.1 compliant with Bus Mastering
# of Devices: Connect up to 63 1394 devices to PYRO. Connect to Digital camcorders, 1394 storage devices (hard drives, CD-ROM, CD-RW), scanners, speakers, etc.

Motion Video Capture:
NTSC: Type -1 DV video in 720 x 480 resolution in 24 bit color
PAL: Type -1 DV video in 720 x 576 resolution in 24 bit color
Data Rate: Video is captured at 3.9 MB/second

Motion Video Frame Rate:
NTSC: 29.97 frames per second
PAL 25 frames per second

Still image Capture:
NTSC: 720 x 480 resolution in 24 bit color
PAL: 720 x 576 resolution in 24 bit color

Video File Specs:
Data Rate: Video is captured at 3.9 MB/second
File Size Limit: 4 GB (about 20 minutes of video)

Hard Drive Recommendation:
Most all Ultra DMA IDE drives that can support sustained transfer rates in excess of 5 MB/Sec.

FireWire/1394 Technical Facts
Serial Bus Speed: 100, 200 and 400 Mbits/sec.
Number of Devices: 63
Number of hops in a chain: 16
Distance between devices: 4.5 meters