Stupid Question?

[Charles Martin]

> From: "BigScanner.com" <terry at bigscanner.com>
>
> Newbie - sorry if this is a dumb question...
>
> I would like to take some old video tapes and convert them to DVD.
> The videos are about 90 minutes each.
>
> What (low cost) equipment and software do I need to do this 
> successfully
> with?
>
> Mac G4 with Superdrive

If you already have the Superdrive iMac, then all you need is a way to 
convert your (presumably analog/VHS) tapes into digital format.

There are several tools to help you do that, but all of them cost 
roughly $250-300 and up. The only way I know of to get around this is 
to find a digital video camera with a feature called "analog 
pass-through" and either buy it (for use in the future) or borrow it 
from someone.

_Chas_

"That the PC world would doggedly stick to a dull, unimaginative, 
clinical term like 'IEEE 1394' (notice how it just rolls off the tongue 
- NOT) for the sole purpose of *saving a few pennies* over using an 
imaginative, exciting, visually-stimulating term like 'FireWire' tells 
you EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW about the PC world and that whole 
industry-wide mindset." - Me, March 2003