> PA28-181 wrote:
>> This might seem like a really stupid question but can I play a normal
>> 8mm Sony camcorder tape in a Hi8 camcorder ?
>>
>> I have a lot of 8mm PAL camcorder tapes that I would like to transfer
>> them to DVD but all I am able to get is a PAL Hi8 camcorder
>
> Yes, a Hi-8 camera will play regular 8mm (Video8) tapes.
>
> If you want to transfer your 8mm tapes to DVD (using your computer to
> edit), you might want to get a Digital8 camera instead.
> A Digital8 camera will digitize your video using the DV-AVI codec (13
> gig an hour) and all you need is a firewire card (also known as 1394)
> in your PC and a firewire cable to transfer it over. Once it's on your
> PC you can easily edit the video and then encode and author a DVD.

> On 5/30/2006, yeltz posted this:
>
>> PA28-181 wrote:
>>
>>> This might seem like a really stupid question but can I play a normal
>>> 8mm Sony camcorder tape in a Hi8 camcorder ?
>>>
>>> I have a lot of 8mm PAL camcorder tapes that I would like to transfer
>>> them to DVD but all I am able to get is a PAL Hi8 camcorder
>>
>>
>> Yes, a Hi-8 camera will play regular 8mm (Video8) tapes.
>>
>> If you want to transfer your 8mm tapes to DVD (using your computer to
>> edit), you might want to get a Digital8 camera instead.
>> A Digital8 camera will digitize your video using the DV-AVI codec (13
>> gig an hour) and all you need is a firewire card (also known as 1394)
>> in your PC and a firewire cable to transfer it over. Once it's on your
>> PC you can easily edit the video and then encode and author a DVD.
>
>
> I have heard, however, that not all Digital-8 cameras will play
> regular-8 and Hi-8 tapes, and that some of those that do, won't digitize
> them.
>
> To PA28-181:
> If that is correct, you should be sure to verify that the particular
> camera you are interested in will play and (if you need it) will
> digitize your regular-8 tapes.
>
> Gino
>

> Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>> On 5/30/2006, yeltz posted this:
>>
>>> PA28-181 wrote:
>>>
>>>> This might seem like a really stupid question but can I play a normal
>>>> 8mm Sony camcorder tape in a Hi8 camcorder ?
>>>>
>>>> I have a lot of 8mm PAL camcorder tapes that I would like to transfer
>>>> them to DVD but all I am able to get is a PAL Hi8 camcorder
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, a Hi-8 camera will play regular 8mm (Video8) tapes.
>>>
>>> If you want to transfer your 8mm tapes to DVD (using your computer to
>>> edit), you might want to get a Digital8 camera instead.
>>> A Digital8 camera will digitize your video using the DV-AVI codec (13
>>> gig an hour) and all you need is a firewire card (also known as 1394)
>>> in your PC and a firewire cable to transfer it over. Once it's on your
>>> PC you can easily edit the video and then encode and author a DVD.
>>
>>
>> I have heard, however, that not all Digital-8 cameras will play regular-8
>> and Hi-8 tapes, and that some of those that do, won't digitize them.
>>
>> To PA28-181:
>> If that is correct, you should be sure to verify that the particular camera
>> you are interested in will play and (if you need it) will digitize your
>> regular-8 tapes.
>>
>> Gino
>>
>
>
> I have a MPEG capture card in the PC which I was just going to use.