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meggers
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_ 		4. October 2005 @ 16:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
For the past several months I've enjoyed reading the posts, but now I'd like to ask for some advice. Two years ago I bought a digital video camcorder and have been using my PC to download, edit, and burn the video I shoot onto DVD. I then got into putting my old VHS tapes onto the camcorder using my VCR and then editting them and burning them onto a DVD. ( I guess I should have bought a capture-card and put the VHS tapes directly onto my PC but I never got around to it.)
Soon friends and family were asking me to put their VHS memories onto a DVD. Now friends of friends want me to do it for them as well. A light bulb comes on and I see a side source of income at my doorstep!
Here's my question. I want to get a new computer just for video editting. I do not plan to connect it to the internet. I'm thinking 3 gigs of processor speed, at least 1 gig of RAM, and tons of harddrive storage. So:
1 - Almost 2 out of 3 people I talk to who are familiar with what I want to do say go with a Mac. But if I'm not going to be online and expose myself to all those nasty virus does it matter? (PCs cost less.)
2 - How much dedicated video memory will I need if I want to feed analog video directly into my system or should I use a capture card?
3 - Could you recommend a VCR that will be gentle to these old VHS tapes that are turning into dust.

Thanks.
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celtic_d
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_ 		4. October 2005 @ 21:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
1) Won't be long until Mac's are using Intel chips anyway. So I really wouldn't recommend buying a high end Mac now since even apple admit that it is obsolete.
2) Got nothing to do with video memory and I can't see how you are capturing now without a capture card or firewire and an analogue to digital converter.
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meggers
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_ 		5. October 2005 @ 04:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
As with so many things in life I tend to do things the hard way. But in response to you question, I play the VHS on my TV set and download (copy) it onto my digital camcorder off the TV. The camcorder does the digitalizing of the analog TV signal. I realize I loose quality in the process and if I'm going to get serious about putting VHS onto DVD I need to get the equipment needed. Thanks.
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