im in the same boat as you, but why not do what i do?

which is what?

whoa hang on ill tell ya in a sec...

I have transfered as much as i can onto hard drive to free up some tapes. Now I keep the rest on tape. When I want to, or in most cases, when I have time to edit, ill then capture the video there and then, or you can do it the day before.

This way all is stored safe, quality.

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