So, I guess it has been a while since I tried to work with any of the video I shot with my Sony camcorder.  A few weeks ago, I decided to capture and edit some video from my son’s school concert.  After about a half hour of fruitless searching, I realized a critical fact.  My Toshiba Satellite laptop does not have an IEEE1394 Firewire port.  Of course, this is a critical feature if you want to work with video.  Without a Firewire port, there is no way to connect the camcorder to your computer.  Now, I know I have done this before, and my laptop is over a year old.  So, like I said, it has been a while.  I was frustrated and upset until Judie reminded me to check out Apiotek, purveyors of all manner of Express card adaptors.  Sure enough, the good folks at Apiotek had exactly what the doctor ordered.  The Combo Express Adaptor includes a USB 2.0 port and two (not one, but two) IEEE1394 Firewire ports.  Perfect!  Let’s take a closer look.

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