markwill,
you can transfer your DV video to PC via FireWire, edit in your NLE progam, and record back to tape.
That's how I do: I transfer my D8 tape to PC via FireWire using Vegas 4, then edit that DV AVI in Vegas, rearranging video segments, even putting titles and FX if I want, then copy back to tape via FireWire from Vegas.
This process has no quality loss at all, plus, you can set your camcorder to any date and time when copying back to tape, so your edited video will have the same date and time as original. This way you can get an "uninterrupted" timecode.
you can transfer your DV video to PC via FireWire, edit in your NLE progam, and record back to tape.
That's how I do: I transfer my D8 tape to PC via FireWire using Vegas 4, then edit that DV AVI in Vegas, rearranging video segments, even putting titles and FX if I want, then copy back to tape via FireWire from Vegas.
This process has no quality loss at all, plus, you can set your camcorder to any date and time when copying back to tape, so your edited video will have the same date and time as original. This way you can get an "uninterrupted" timecode.