First things first, thanks to everyone for having such a great forum. I've been reading through the pages for the past week, and it seems like a great place.
-goal
The first thing I would like to do is create playable pc files for a coworker. We have a lot of vhs tapes used for training. And some audio tapes. I would like to put these all on a computer and set up a learning center. I haven't been asked to do this or nor will I be paid. Its just one of those proactive / good vibe deals.
Other potential projects are making home movie dvds for my mother and grandmother. Maybe putting weird 80s things on youtube. And making mpr3s of my records for the car. Maybe even recording guitar work.
-equipment
PC
1440 27 inch CrossOver monitor
Windows 7 Ultimate
Intel Core i7-3770k cpu @ 3.50GHz
16 GB of memory
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 660 Ti 3GB 192-Bit Video Card
GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP5 Motherboard (has USB and thunderbolt ports)
60GB SSD hard drive for OS
1T internal second drive and 1T external drive via USB
-equipment to buy
we have two svhs and two beta players in storage. If the heat has killed them I will probably need to buy something from this
list
I'm not sure on the next part. I would think an S-vhs player would already have a tbc but it seems like a lot of people buy an extra one and put it between the player and the capture device. Kind of clueless with this one. DataVideo TBC-1000 or AVToolbox AVT-8710 are suggested but look pricey.
Lastly, some kind of capture device. The internet seems to like DV units and dongles. You guys seem dead set against them, mostly. DV sounds like it is bad for many applications. And most dongles sound like cheap garbage. From what I gather, the ATI TV Wonder HD 600 USB seems like the favorite dongle. The other favorite seems to ATI All in Wonder cards and devices. It doesn't sound like many of them will work with my newer motherboard, but maybe I'm reading old threads?
Budget
Aiming for under 500. But I could go up to 1000. I probably have over 600 records. A quality way to digitize the audio would be worth a little extra for the capture device.