IEEE 1394 with free software...is free good?

> I'm about to buy a simple IEEE 1394 card, there are many, I narrowed down
> to
> pure Firewire (no USB) and found some for $13-25, but noticed one for
> around
> $30 that has ULEAD "SE" software....I think that's the way-scaled down
> version of regular software, or maybe it's a trial disk, don't know.
>
> Is something like this worth it, or should I just skip it and stay with
> pure
> electronics... is the software so scaled down as to be outdated for
> current
> standards, or barely useful for doing a good job on a movie project.
>
> Should I just stick with Win Movie Maker on this WinXP PC for time being?
>
> Thanks for opinions/suggestions,
> George
>
>

> Well since the difference is minimal I would guess that it is either a
> trial or, as you suspected already, a scaled down version. Since pretty
> much everything Ulead does is available as a free trial download I would
> recommend going back to the lower priced IEEE cards.
> -Wojo
>
> "George" <air1@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:OdztsOD$FHA.912@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

>> I'm about to buy a simple IEEE 1394 card, there are many, I narrowed down
>> to
>> pure Firewire (no USB) and found some for $13-25, but noticed one for
>> around
>> $30 that has ULEAD "SE" software....I think that's the way-scaled down
>> version of regular software, or maybe it's a trial disk, don't know.
>>
>> Is something like this worth it, or should I just skip it and stay with
>> pure
>> electronics... is the software so scaled down as to be outdated for
>> current
>> standards, or barely useful for doing a good job on a movie project.
>>
>> Should I just stick with Win Movie Maker on this WinXP PC for time being?
>>
>> Thanks for opinions/suggestions,
>> George
>>
>>

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