[tkmd]

I have 2 HI-8 cassettes of video that I would like to convert to digital format. Any suggestions on a cheap cassette reader that would feed the video into a AL PB so I could work on it in iMovie ? Sorry but I tried to do a search and of course was limited by the minimum 3 letter rule.

[grovberg]

Originally posted by tkmd:
I have 2 HI-8 cassettes of video that I would like to convert to digital format. Any suggestions on a cheap cassette reader that would feed the video into a AL PB so I could work on it in iMovie ? Sorry but I tried to do a search and of course was limited by the minimum 3 letter rule.

Ummm...good luck on that one. We looked around for something similar here and found that the cheapest option is to just purcase a Digital 8 camcorder, which is not exactly a cheap option and and as far as I know a Sony only option. This is assuming you don't already have some kind of digitizer.

Might be better to try and borrow one from someone.
-Grover

[MacMatt]

If you don't need to convert more than just the two cassettes, you might check out http://www.digitaltransfersystems.net/

i had good success with them converting some old 8mm movie film to digital...I'm sure they also can convert Hi-8 cassettes.

Matt

[macbarry]

If you already have a hi8 camcorder then simply hook it up to a miniDV camcorder with analog pass through capabilities to digitize to your PB.

If you don't have a Hi8 camcorder or a miniDV then your most hassel free method is probably to just use a film/video transfer service.