Your Experience With Direct-From-Camera Hard Disc Recorders

I've been exploring purchasing a FireStore camera-mounted hard disc recorder, and was wondering if anyone has any experience using one of these devices.
Right now I'm wary of them, due to the fact that I would want to have the time code on my video tapes perfectly synchronized with the time code on the disc's video files, so I could use FCP to re-capture the footage later if necessary. It seems unlikely that they are capable of maintaining this synchronization, especially if you wanted to review a shot in the field.
Thanks,
Zap

Zap...be wary. Be VERY WARY of these devices. Among issues with this device are the fact that because it is formatted FAT-32 you only get 2GB file sizes...little over 2 min chunks of video. And during the transition from one 2GB file to the next, between 1 and 5 frames are dropped...lost...not recorded.
I highly recommend the P2 card and ONLY the P2 cards. When the video switches from one card to the second, not one frame is lost.
And a recapture with this format isn't a re-capture per se, but a re-import. Because you save the original files that the HVX records on separate hard drives than your media drives. The footage is imported.
Have you seen my tutorial?
Firestore is a bad idea. Cineporter...if it ever sees the light of day, might be an option.
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