Video Tape to Digital

[Eric H]

I have an old (close to 20 years?) Sony 8mm Digital Camcorder, it has analog inputs so you can copy tapes.
It's the best transfer option I've ever used, quality is very close to the original source, it also has a digital output (Firewire) that connects to the computer to copy the digital file.

Downside is the tape only holds 1 hour at a time so I have to split it up if it's longer, there might be longer tapes, i've never checked.

The specific model is a TRV-120 There are probably new models that can do the same thing, not sure if an Analog input would still be included?

[Outland]

Originally Posted by Eric H

I have an old (close to 20 years?) Sony 8mm Digital Camcorder, it has analog inputs so you can copy tapes.
It's the best transfer option I've ever used, quality is very close to the original source, it also has a digital output (Firewire) that connects to the computer to copy the digital file.

Downside is the tape only holds 1 hour at a time so I have to split it up if it's longer, there might be longer tapes, i've never checked.

The specific model is a TRV-120 There are probably new models that can do the same thing, not sure if an Analog input would still be included?

I've used this setup with great results. In my case, I used a Panasonic DV camcorder that passed AV in directly to the computer via firewire, no tapes required.

I transferred some old LDs that weren't released in any other format back in 2011, and they came out great.