Best Solution to Capture Video

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I must confess I am a huge Simpsons fan, and have a large collection of episodes on VHS Tapes. I would like to move them to a digital format like mpeg (Divx) on PC so that I can watch them without degrading their quality. What is the best way to do this that won't cost more than $500? (Hardware and Software) I know very little about this process, and any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

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You need to capture them and then digitise them. You probably want to edit them too. You can maybe do it through a camera that has a video input and a firewire output which will mean they go to dv tape first then onto the computer, allowing you to get a cheap firewire input. Or maybe get your hands on something like a Pinacle DV500 which has both sets of inputs. Thats all I can suggest. Maybe someone in the forum knows a cheaper way.

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