On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 14:45 +0800, Martin Hill wrote: > > From: Brian scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 16/06/2006, at 5:21 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: > >> Due to the karking of a VCR I am looking to buy a DVD HDD recorder. > > > > I used transfer from VCR to my computer also (except I used an analogue > > to digital device instead of a camera) and in the end > > I settled for an EyeTV that way you are more sure of getting a format > > that you can deal with on your computer than maybe you would using a > > DVD HDD recorder. > > Severin, I'd second Brian's suggestion for a number of other reasons as > well. :-) > > If a major priority is to transfer video footage to your Mac, an EyeTV unit > would certainly be the fastest, easiest and most flexible way to achieve > this. We went through 2 different models of digital TV HDD recorders before > giving up on them and going for the EyeTV solution and couldn't be happier > as a few of my WAMUG posts over the last year or so will attest. :-) > > An EyeTV solution would also probably be the cheapest option if you already > have at least a 500MHz G4 Mac or so. An EyeTV and a nice big external > Firewire hard disk can be had for under Aus$400. If your Mac doesn't have > composite or S-video out to display on your TV, that might be the only extra > issue you would need to address. It's also a lot easier and generally > cheaper to add more hard disk to your EyeTV Mac than it is to add bigger > disks to HDD Recorders.
And to add, if you don't have a video out solution, look at getting a hard drive case with AV out. I have a Aivx drive (from Dan, who else!) which has a ton of different outputs. So you could have a drive filled with tv shows and video from the EyeTV, then watch them later on the Aivx box connected to your tv. Furthermore, the best thing about the Eyetv is that you can edit out ads and so forth, which is something that you can only do while watching the broadcast with DVD recorders. I have both in my house, and find the dvd recorder good for things that I don't care about the quality. I can fit 8 hours worth of recording on to one 4 gig dvd-r, but the quality is around vhs. For some things, like rage, I'm not to concerned :-) Seeya Rod!
