Use dig camera to view 8mm tapes?

I am so new to this. I keep coming up with more questions.
I have a new Sony TRV-280 dig. handycam. My old one which used the Hi8 8mm
tapes, no longer works. I want to turn those tapes into DVD eventually. I
keep seeing I should just by a recorder. However, I recently discovered that
my new camcorder will not playback the regular hi8 or 8mm tapes. How can I
even watch my old tapes now if I cannot playback on my new camcorder let
alone record them. AND, is it even possible to make the DVDs w/ the computer
and Camera, not the recorder?

Thanks!
Julie

John
Tue Jan 10 16:54:27 CST 2006

Clueless Julie wrote:
> How can I even watch my old tapes now
> if I cannot playback on my new camcorder
> let alone record them.
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Maybe there's some type of adapter that
will allow you to view the tapes in a VCR?
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> AND, is it even possible to make the
> DVDs w/ the computer and Camera, not
> the recorder?
>
> Thanks!
> Julie
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Maybe the following links will offer some ideas:

Capturing Analog Video
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-CaptureAnalog.html

Download Video to Your
Computer with Windows
Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/4fpea

Convert VHS to DVD
http://www.signvideo.com/conv-v-to-d.htm

Copying VHS to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/dzcho

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