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What are suggestions for the best camcorders, software, & method to digitize my analog Hi8 tapes? Best quality video and sound are my priorities, without outrageous file size. I think I know that I want to get either a Hi8 camcorder with S-video output, TBC, and stereo sound, or a Digital8 with the same. Currently using Sony CCD-TRV138, into a VidBox converter, and into my desktop as mpg files, running Windows 11, but quality is not as good as I'd like. 1) Am I better off buying a Hi8 with S-video, TBC, & stereo, or buying a Digital8? (I've read that a Digital8 may cause dropped frames.)
2) Can you suggest the best few models I'd want to look for?
3) Is the VidBox converter adequate? I also have an old firewire card in an old desktop if that is better.
4) Am I okay putting the files into the mpg format. The file size is reasonable and I can burn them to DVDs. However the quality doesn't appear as good as I see on the camcorder viewfinder.
Please help me by pointing me to the best equipment choices and methods, and maybe some pros/cons, without getting too detailed with jargon I may not understand or be able to afford. Quality & transferability are my main priorities. Thank you!
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