"funkychateau" <funkychat***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> My local "Costco" store has this camcorder on sale for $199.  I'm
> looking at it for the purpose of digitizing select tapes from my VHS
> library.
>
> The camera has both s-video and RCA analog inputs, and the manual
> discusses recording from the inputs to DV tape, but I don't want to go
> through a two-step process (record to tape, then capture tape to
> computer) and double the time required for capture.
>
> Can anyone who owns this model tell me whether I will be able to do
> analog-to-computer conversion without storing on DV tape as an
> intermediary?
>
> Martin
>

> A Google search (GR-D72US pass through) gave over 1000 hits, including one
> that states:
> Analog-to-digital pass-through for converting your old analog tapes (VHS,
> etc.)
>
> John.

> Yes, I went through the same route, but did you find even one message
> from an owner that described how it actually works without a DV-tape
> intermediary?  Since it's not mentioned in the owner's manual, and none
> of the online reviews actually checked such a function, I'll believe it
> when I hear from someone who's sucessfully done it.
>
> Martin
>
> John F. Miller wrote:
>
>>A Google search (GR-D72US pass through) gave over 1000 hits, including one
>>that states:
>>Analog-to-digital pass-through for converting your old analog tapes (VHS,
>>etc.)
>>
>>John.
>
>

"funkychateau" <funkychat***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, I went through the same route, but did you find even one message
> from an owner that described how it actually works without a DV-tape
> intermediary?  Since it's not mentioned in the owner's manual, and none
> of the online reviews actually checked such a function, I'll believe it
> when I hear from someone who's sucessfully done it.
>
> Martin
>
> John F. Miller wrote:
> > A Google search (GR-D72US pass through) gave over 1000 hits, including
one
> > that states:
> > Analog-to-digital pass-through for converting your old analog tapes
(VHS,
> > etc.)
> >
> > John.
>

> The quote I gave is from a user's review - read it at:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001B7VMS/103-4398754-2748665?v=glance&n=5
> 02394&v=glance
>
> (You have to scroll down past the product information).
>

"funkychateau" <funkychat***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I saw that one too.  But that part of his review looks a lot like he's
> quoting someone's feature list, and I detect no evidence that he
> actually tested it.
>
> Check this contradictory review from
> http://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/t72121.html :
>
> 04-28-2004, 12:34 PM
> viperfish
> "I bought one at Walmart, tried it out, and there is no Pass Through
> analog to digital conversion"
>
> So, did this guy's unit actually have passthrough?  I guess it's
> possible it did, and he just couldn't figure out how to use it (since
> the manual doesn't tell).
>
> I really hope I don't have to buy one and try to figure out how to test
> this function, with no input from the thousands of folks who must have
> already done likewise.  Especially since the manual, in describing the
> use of the analog inputs, only talks about saving to tape.
>
> John F. Miller wrote:
> > The quote I gave is from a user's review - read it at:
> >
> >

> > 02394&v=glance
> >
> > (You have to scroll down past the product information).
> >
>

"John F. Miller" <johnATenosoft.net> wrote in message
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> If you carry on down that thread, someone states"
>
> "After reading your email, I was tempted to try again with my GR-D72, and
I
> finally got Pass Through to work! However, this worked with Ulead Video
> capture, not the ImageMaker program that came with the camera. Leaving the
> tape in or out didn't seem to matter, and I didn't have to do anything
> special with Play or Record, just set the camera to Play mode and AV menu
> setting to In."
>
> If I'm uncertain about a device's capabilities and the staff can't help me
> (often the  case!), when I buy it, I make it very simple and ask "I'm
buying
> this for reason X and if it doesn't do X, can I return it for a full
refund
> since you cannot tell me if it does do X or not?"
>
> I've never had a return refused.
>
> --
> John Miller
> http://www.enosoft.net/
> high performance tools for music and video
>
> "funkychateau" <funkychat***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1130531863.021574.290040@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > I saw that one too.  But that part of his review looks a lot like he's
> > quoting someone's feature list, and I detect no evidence that he
> > actually tested it.
> >
> > Check this contradictory review from
> > http://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/t72121.html :
> >
> > 04-28-2004, 12:34 PM
> > viperfish
> > "I bought one at Walmart, tried it out, and there is no Pass Through
> > analog to digital conversion"
> >
> > So, did this guy's unit actually have passthrough?  I guess it's
> > possible it did, and he just couldn't figure out how to use it (since
> > the manual doesn't tell).
> >
> > I really hope I don't have to buy one and try to figure out how to test
> > this function, with no input from the thousands of folks who must have
> > already done likewise.  Especially since the manual, in describing the
> > use of the analog inputs, only talks about saving to tape.
> >
> > John F. Miller wrote:
> > > The quote I gave is from a user's review - read it at:
> > >
> > >
>

> > > 02394&v=glance
> > >
> > > (You have to scroll down past the product information).
> > >
> >
>
>