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Chicago Has Fry's In Downers Grove
Fry's is great that way because they have an extremely liberal 30 return policy with no restocking fees at all.
Perfect you have Fry's in Downer's Grove. So read the Fry's ads every Friday morning in the Chicago Tribune On-Line and you'll find amazing deals there on cheap DV camcorders. Just call 'em up for model numbers, download the manuals and find one that is also a transcoder for your Hi8 footage. No problem. another approach is to run over there Friday morning and buy all of them under $300, take them all home, test each and find the right one, then return all the ones you don't like.
Fry's is great that way because they have an extremely liberal 30 return policy with no restocking fees at all.
Or will this do.
http://www.compusa.com/products/pro...oduct_code=339765&Pn=Everio_GZ_MG21_Camcorder
Thanks,
ivnj
http://www.compusa.com/products/pro...oduct_code=339765&Pn=Everio_GZ_MG21_Camcorder
Thanks,
ivnj
NO NOT AVCHD. MiniDV from Fry's
NO. That will not do at all. It needs to be DV and Fry's has the best deals. Rely on Fry's. UNDER $300 no problem. They sell them every weekend. Don't you get the Friday Tribune with the Fry's Insert? The insert is also online.
This is a useful thread for those of us who want to pull content off their VHS tapes and put onto DVD using their computers. Can we change the title of the thread to something more meaningful? So we can get some more attention, suggestions, and contributions? I had been passively looking into getting something like this for a long time so I can burn all my VHS tapes.
Thanks!
By the way, I thought this was the most helpful:
In particular, the "canopus" post by Dan Filice (This should be the direct message link within that thread link: http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7592_102-0.html?forumID=25&threadID=237558&messageID=2427053#2427053)
He talks about the model 55 and the more advanced model 115.
I will look into this more on my own, but if its the model 115 that has the RCA, S-Video, etc, then how exactly is that "analog video" getting into the source of the model 55? Aren't RCA, S-Video, etc pretty much the main ways to move and get analog video?
I can second the Canopus ADVC 100. It was a tad bit on the expensive side but after recording several hundred hours it has more then paid for itself.
canopus units also keep their resale value at a good price so if you buy one, transfer your tapes and if you don't need it anymore, ebay it.
i resold mine for just about 50% and that was after 3 years use
I've had mine for about 15 months now. Still kicking strong. It gets good reviews still and hasn't been replaced.canopus units also keep their resale value at a good price so if you buy one, transfer your tapes and if you don't need it anymore, ebay it.
i resold mine for just about 50% and that was after 3 years use
I don't think I'll be getting rid of it.
I bought an old Sony Digital8 from eBay that could read standard Hi8 and convert to fw. It's the TRV330. Not all models can read standard 8mm, some only do D8. The new ones kinda suck, worse an worse every gen.
I'm thinking I can get away with the 55 if all I want to do is take video in and burn it to DVD. I don't need to send anything out - and thats what the 110 is for, right?
I got the 110 for it's locked audio feature. It was annoying trying to resync audio on some of my projects.
Hey guys, sorry to bring this back from the dead, but I wanted to look into a capturing device pretty soon for my Mac. I've been delaying moving videos off of our VHS tapes long enough.
Anything new out there since the last time we spoke in this thread?
Anything new out there since the last time we spoke in this thread?
Elgato just came out with the EyeTV 250 Plus yesterday - both analogue and digital:
http://elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetv250
Very nice. With this, an iMac could be used for viewing TV (analog or digital) and also converting old VHS tapes into digital (for editing) and then to DVD. A 24" iMac (either old "white" or new "aluminum", I haven't decided yet) would have the processing power for analog-to-digital (VHS-to-DVD) so it wouldn't NEED the hardware encoding of the 250-Plus, but are there any other options that will do everything the 250-plus does?
Also, if I decide to get an iMac later (waiting until the Rev-A bugs are fixed) would my old Mac (G4, 400 MHz, with only USB 1.1 and Firewire) be able to function as a TV using signals from broadcast or cable, even though -- since the 250-plus doesn't seem to have a firewire output -- the USB 1.1 probably wouldn't be fast enough to let the G4-Mac receive signals for VHS-to-digital conversion?
Craig
Yeah, that's definitely the best option for you. Get a fairly cheap MiniDV camera that supports analog to digital conversion
I recommend Canon or Sony unless you can afford one of those Panasonics that has 3CCDs.
It seems like a lot of us are trying to convert our old VHS videos to DVD. This has turned out to be quite a research project! Using a camcorder capable of analog to digital transfer is my favorite choice because after I am done converting tapes I would then have a currenet digital camcorder. The prboblem is: Very few camcorders are being made currently that have this option. The "analog in" or "pass through" feature was available a couple years ago, but as far as I have researched only the Canon HV20 is currently being manufactured and at a cost of 1000.00. I found a Hitachi DZGX20MA with an analog input feature, but it has a USB, not a firewire, output and was told on another thread
(https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/347553/)
that my iMac will not recognize video from USB. Just to clarify - I need a camcorder capable of 1.) analog in or a pass through feature - 2.) Has a firewire export - 3.) If it has no firewire out then I would have to transfer VHS to digital camcorder and record, then transfer to Mac. Which leads me to: How do you transfer the miniDV or miniDVD to your Mac? Now another device is needed? Which one?
(https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/347553/)
that my iMac will not recognize video from USB. Just to clarify - I need a camcorder capable of 1.) analog in or a pass through feature - 2.) Has a firewire export - 3.) If it has no firewire out then I would have to transfer VHS to digital camcorder and record, then transfer to Mac. Which leads me to: How do you transfer the miniDV or miniDVD to your Mac? Now another device is needed? Which one?