Hi everybody
Just sitting at the edge wondering whether to take the plunge.

I provide training courses, using a laptop for powerpoint and an optoma ep737 projector. I also carry a vhs video and show a number of snippets of video through the projector ranging from 2 - 15 minutes each.

The laptop is a intel mobile 735 processor (1.7Mhz), radeon 128Mb 9700 graphics, 512 ram and 80 gig hard drive wiith firewire and usb2 ports, a dvd burner and is running XP SP2. It came with pre loaded Pinnacle instant cd/dvd version 8se.

The projector has all the usual inputs and a 9 pin D vga output.

Have been thinking about ditching the VHS and burning the videos to cd or DVD. Was thinking about buying a dazzle DV150 or similar till I read these forums- but I don't fancy a load of grief.

Is it possible to use the projector vga output to capture the video or will I still need the analogue to digital convertor?

Should I look for a unit with a firewire output or the USB standard model that seems to be most available in the shops?

If I go ahead and buy the package will my preloaded software be any good or should I remove it and use that in the package?

Any advice most gratefully received
Thanks
Kurnal

How much video do you have and will you edit any of it?

If the answer to the above questions is "not a lot", and "no", then it will be a hell of a lot cheaper to pay someone to do it for you professionally - there's many, many places that offer this service.

Another method is to get a standalone DVD recorder - they're a lot cheaper than you'd think and you will be replacing your VCR at the same time!

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