Posted by Stan Brown on 12/29/05 16:19

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:32:47 GMT from Biz <spamoff@sbcglobal.net>:
> For editing purposes, or restoration of audio or video, a PC and a decent
> capture card are always better than a standalone, but if editing is not
> necessary, a standalone is great. FOr some editing, a standalone with a
> hard drive will work quite well....

The suggestion I've seen that appeals to me is a standalone just to
digitize onto DVD-RW, then pop the burned DVD into a computer for any
necessary editing and to create menus and such and burn the final
DVD-R.

With that scheme, no video capture card or capture software is
needed. And the standalone is also available to record off the air or
the cable, which the video capture card wouldn't be (without more
software).

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
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