[MacDV] A>D

[Zane H. Healy]

>I need to get a converter of some sort. Is the consensus to get the Canopus?
>
>I was going to get a bunch of VHS dumped but figure for the same 
>price I can own something and transfer stuff from my Pixel Vision as 
>well...
>
>So any good suggestions on a converter appreciated.

Get the Canopus.  I've had the ADVC-100 for 2-3 years and have had 
ZERO problems with it.  You plug it in, turn it on, and it just plain 
works flawlessly.  I noticed that Apple is now selling them in the 
Apple Stores.  Though I did see where they've just announced an 
ADVC-110.

Keep in mind the results will only be as good as your source.  Having 
a good VHS deck helps (I'm using a Pro NEC SVHS Deck with mine).

As I believe has been mentioned you can use a Digital Camcorder with 
passthrough to do the same thing.  I prefer the Canopus, you just 
plug it in and forget it, you don't have to unplug it to use your 
camcorder.

		Zane


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