In the excitement of my find, I did not realize that the VTR requires an adapter to play back Mini-DV tapes: A Mini-DV to DVCPRO Cassette Adapter. Looks like Panasonic made two models: AJ-CS455 ...

I have 9 mini DV cassettes I need to get onto my computer at work (windows 7 Enterprise). I have an old Sharp DV camera, but when I connect it via firewire, its a total crap shoot if the computer ...