playing back hi8 digital8 video8 to copy to dvd

[jmm83]

Hi

I'm trying to copy Hi8 & video8 tapes to dvd for someone off of craigslist but when i play them back in my samsung hi-8 camcorder it has a staticy picture

they were recorded on a sony DCR-TRV 530 but he said his was broken
so i guess my samsung hi-8 one is not compatible

do i need to buy the same model or will other ones work?
he has 26 tapes some of them are 8mm, hi8, digital8
but i'm guessing the signal on all of them is digital because i tried a few different ones.