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Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV
Dave, you probably know this way better than I do, but if you want to save/transfer existing 8mm video recordings, you should either use a Hi8 camcorder's S-video output, or get a Sony Digital 8 camcorder (or a Sony VCR in either of those formats) and use the IEEE1394 ("Firewire or I-link") internal-digitizing output.
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Usually I play Video8/Hi8 in a Digital8 camcorder, but I've got a batch of tapes that do not show picture from the Digital8 machine - none at all, although it detects the tapes are analog. But when played on a Hi8 camcorder, they play just fine. These are regular Video8 tapes. Go figure.