Transferring Captured Video to edit in CS5

Hi all.
I am building a new PC for video editing among other uses, and am wondering if it is possible to compile the ways by which captured footage may be transferred to the computer.
This query pertains to the question of whether my new motherboard should have a Firewire 400 PCI added for an external tape (Sony DSR-11), or NOT.
So other than using DV and digitising, which looks horrible on any HD screened/carded computer, i am aware of SD and SDHC, but not sure about the difference in terms of the slots necessary for each; if the slot is added externally or may be built into the the motherboard via PCI? And if external, then via USB 2.0, which i understand is a slower mode of media transfer?
I welcom any info or news on the subject of transferring video from cameras to computers.
thanks
great day:)

Firewire works with DV AVI or HDV from a tape based camera... this is not digitizing, such as I used to do with a Pinnacle Dv500 card and an Analog 8mm sony camera, since the signal on the DV-HDV tape is already digital, and Firewire is simply a glorified serial port that is used to transfer the signal from tape to computer
Any analog source, such as a VCR, needs to be digitized by a conversion device
Video from a non-tape camera, be it hard drive or memory card, is also already digital... and is simply copied from camera to computer
For the AVCHD my camera records, I use Windows Explorer http://forums.adobe.com/thread/652694?tstart=0

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-Interrupt message #16 http://forums.adobe.com/thread/978014
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