[Fmpro] Canopus ADVC110 or 300?

[Susan Poliniak]

I don't think either one of these options is going to give me something usable for my purposes, but thanks anyway.

Does anyone have the Canopus ADVC300? What do you think of it?

Thanks -
Susan

-----Original Message-----
>From: jon j kirch <jonkirch at cox.net>
>Sent: Feb 5, 2007 12:14 PM
>To: fmpro at nxport.com
>Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Canopus ADVC110 or 300?
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>Susan,
>If you all you want to do is transfer VHS onto your computer, I would go 
>with the lowest cost device.
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>Or;
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>Here are two more possible solutions :
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>1) Purchase an affordable miniDV video Camera (Sony, Canon)  and use It 
>as the transfer device between the VHS player and your Computer.
>BENEFITS : Quality of the picture will be perfectly fine, And, you get a 
>cool camera!!!!
>
>2) Go to Best Buy or Fry's and buy the box that plays VHS tapes and 
>records it to DVD automatically. BENEFITS: no thought involved. EXCEPT, 
>once you have the dvd you will still need to rip the movie from the DVD 
>( now in your computer ) and convert it to Quicktime or WM, but there 
>are many
>free utilities you can download for that.
>
>I have an old video capture card (DC30+) but hardly ever use it. 
>Instead, long ago, I switched to option (1 ). It would be my first 
>choice for you.
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>Hope this helps,
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>jjk
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>spoliniak at mindspring.com wrote:
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>>I'm talking about transferring VHS tapes.
>>-S
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>>Susan Poliniak
>>spoliniak at mindspring.com
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>>-----Original Message-----
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>>From:  JJB <onephatcat at earthlink.net>
>>Subj:  Re: [Fmpro] Canopus ADVC110 or 300?
>>Date:  Mon Feb 5, 2007 3:57
>>Size:  592 bytes
>>To:  fmpro at nxport.com
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>>Why do you think you need something like that?  This is the second  
>>time this question has come up on the forum...  Most people would  
>>say, "just rip your DVD into your computer", convert to a smaller  
>>size and load into your sequencer, no additional hardware needed. But  
>>maybe there is some reason to use a device like that which I have not  
>>heard.
>>
>>Joel
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