[ale] [OT] Video Camera Rant/Modern Media Formats Rant

[Brian Pitts]

Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts wrote:
>
> IIRC, there are VHS transports/converters that allow you to insert a 
> Hi-8 tape into a VHS "shell" and play it in a VCR.  I could be 
> wrong.... as you noted, it's been awhile.
Even if that works, it seems suboptimal. The beauty of Digital8 and 
MiniDV are that the video is encoded digitally. I would try to find an 
old digital8 camcorder on ebay, then pull the videos to my PC over firewire.

-Brian