"G Hardy" wrote in message
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* In 2001 I bought two DV-in cameras. In that time I've used the
feature only twice- the first time "in the field" to transfer
footage from one tape to another to free up a full tape. The second
time, it was also the easiest way to get one of my finished edits to
VHS, back when sacrificing a DVD would have been too expensive.

You forget the most obvious, to keep a copy of the edited video (edit
master), without imposing lousy compression, DV being (as you know Mr
Hardy) a direct bit for bit copy bar any failings that might have
occoured in any rendering of effects and titles etc.
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