That machine won't play your Digital D8 tape from a sony handycam. It looks like it will play regular 8 tapes which are 240 line res just like VHS. There is also High 8 akin to SuperBeta and SuperVHS has about 400 lines. I've never seen an RCA 8 VCR, just Sony's. It may be made by a differnet company and rebranded RCA. Movies were released for a short time on 8, we had a couple when I worked at an electronics store a few years ago.