Posted by Netmask on 05/14/06 23:49

"Patrick Neve" <neve@uoregon.edu> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.4.58.0605141437280.26892@darkwing.uoregon.edu...
> Hi.. I know, it's the 1,000,000th post asking for advice on VHS
> conversion.
>
> My question stems from the fact that standalone component-style home
> theater DVD player/writers seem to have plummeted in price. And the
> better units appear to have S-Video inputs.
>
> I'm looking to transfer some LD's and VHS's using S-Video, and I'm
> wondering if the results will equal or rival the conversion of an
> inexpensive PC capturing device. My budget is in the sub-$300 range.
>
> I don't need to author menus or anything like that.
>
> Thanks for your observations or advice...


I have a USB Dvico MPEG capture card that I paid 3 years ago au$350. If I
was starting out again afresh today I would buy a standalone DVD recorder
for well under au$300 - why? Well it doesn't tie up my computer it can sit
in a dark corner merrily capturing all those old VHS tapes. I would record
on to rewriteables and then if I really wanted to edit the result, re-author
do chapters and the like it would be easy to just copy the VOB files on to
my computer etc.. DVDrecorders represent a more efficient use of resources
and my time..

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