[wanleg]

Helo there!

I don't know if this forum is the proper one for this question.

Is there any portable device that can play old video tapes like HI8, MiniDV into a TV set or PC, and even record them?

I've got a lot of them, and the camcorders as well, and the work, but is a pain in the neck to change to the proper camcorder every time I want to see "old times" memories, load batteries, look the part of the tape and so on.

Old my camcorders are SONY.

Than you for your help.

 

[Westly-C]

There used to be, and I can't even recall the name, but vhs sized cartridges that you put the mini Hi8 tapes in, to play them in VHS VCRs. If you can locate one, you could use a DVD recorder -where a topic like this might better fit, and record those Hi8s to blank DVDs.
Or record to a PC hard drive using a video capture device.