DV Playback via FireWire - Benefits

This question is geared toward those involved in scoring to video. What are some of the pros and cons of going the route of DV Playback via FireWire for monitoring while scoring?
I have a Mini DV camcorder that I used for creating video to iMovie HD and to QuickTime or iDVD. The screen on it is about 2" square and of course would be great if I was Stuart Little, but I'm not (thankfully, I think)
If a larger screen is the goal wouldn't these options be viable? :
1) Connecting a TV level monitor to the Mini DV's video outs
2) Just get another computer based Monitor and go out of
the 2nd video out port on my video card.

Hey Michael, I ended up getting an additional LCD monitor for this purpose. It seems to be working pretty well. The video card I have has ADC and DVI connectors on it. I have a 17" Apple Studio display connected to the ADC, and a 20" LCD BenQ monitor which for the price works well. I use the BenQ to display Logic and Tracks/channel strips, and I have propped the Apple 17" vertically above the 20" to drag the QuickTime windows up to. All in all it seems to work pretty well.
What kind of issues are you running into with your video/firewire?

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