A few years ago, I bought a Sony TRV460E digital camcorder, choosing that model because I was told it was one of only 3/4 digital 8 camcorders which were 'backwards compatible' and would play my old Hi8 analog tapes, converting them to digital info and outputting them to my Mac for editing in iMovie. It works a treat.
However, lately it has been playing up a lot and I am increasingly having to 'clean' the heads. As this 'cleaning' is, in fact, abrasive, I don't want to do much more of it and I have decided to look for a replacement.
My question: what other digital camcorders do people know about which will also play and convert into digital info analog tapes. Is it just the 3/4 I was told about (the TRV460 and TRV480 - I can't remember the other model numbers) or are there others?
However, lately it has been playing up a lot and I am increasingly having to 'clean' the heads. As this 'cleaning' is, in fact, abrasive, I don't want to do much more of it and I have decided to look for a replacement.
My question: what other digital camcorders do people know about which will also play and convert into digital info analog tapes. Is it just the 3/4 I was told about (the TRV460 and TRV480 - I can't remember the other model numbers) or are there others?