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Although JVC is making a big fuss about its new Everio hard drive-based camcorders (see page 24, August issue), hard drive recording is nothing new. Take JVC's own DR-DV5000 for example. This module docks directly with the JVC GY-DV5000U professional MiniDV camcorder, and allows you to record over six hours of DV25-based video directly to the 80GB hard disk inside. This can then be hooked up to your editing system directly, allowing you to get cracking on the edit without having to capture to disk first. Having used a similar system, I can honestly say that it's tough going back to tape.

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