It sounds like you don't have a fast enough hard drive. I would recommend a minimum of a 7,200 RPM SCSI hard drive. You can get a good 9.1 gig drive for around 450 bucks if you shop around. You might also be able to use the new ULTRA-IDE hard drives that are out now. They are very cheap and are also 7,200 RPM's. They can handle data rates at around 3.7 megs/sec, which is perfect for DV.(posted 9081 days ago)