HD Recorder

I think getting a HD recorder that is able to transfer the data to a PC for editing for $350 is dubious. I would also imagine that the data format that the HD recorder would use would either be proprietry, or of a rather poor quality - especially for editing as you suggest. If you want to do editing, get a capture card. If you just want to move VHS to DVD, go for a DVD recorder (stand alone). PS: @Arachnotron : I thought scart was able to take video in & out on the same connector? I have a deck that does I/O on one scart plug, and the other scart plug is input only.

I agree, a good capture card allows much more control over the process. With DVD (MPEG2) using a stand alone, bad in...... super bad out. richard photorecall.net

Well, a HD recorder for US$1000, you are pretty likely to get some good features and good quality. Not knowing the model, and without doing some surfing, I would imagine that connection to a PC for transferring the video data would be possible. But another option, many models have removable hard disks, which should plug straight into a IDE bus. But the actual stored video format... may be standard... may be not...

Ok, thx I'll take a try as soon I get it.