Hi 8 Video question

HntnFsh · 09-10-2007, 01:23 PM

The wife and I have been planning on getting a new video cam for the last couple months.Just havent got around to it yet.

I would like to get a new model as the Hi 8s seem to be getting fazed out.
The problem is,our Hi 8 took a dump and we have a boatload of Hi 8 videos.

Was wondering if anybody knows of any way to have these converted to another format so we can watch them in the future.If so how spendy.
Is there any sort of device out there that we can hook to our tv and use it to watch the Hi 8s we already have?

Any ideas?

HntnFsh

StrikeFighter · 09-10-2007, 01:48 PM

One option would be to purchase a used Hi8 on ebay just for playing your old video with.
I have a Hi8 Sony 510 that I have been really pleased with and as you have a lot of film. However most of my film that I want to save has been pulled into the computer and movies made with it. In addition I'm looking for more new cameras and was thinking along the lines of a Canon HV20 High def.

Funny I bid on a backup Sony 510 a couple days ago that had been (reworked by Sony) and that bugger sold for $425.00 I also bid on a Sony 280 and that went for $225.00 (Reworked by Sony) There are many others that are cheaper. If you are going to do any film work with it, just make sure it hooks up to your computer, preferably by a firewire.

Good luck with it

Chromaflage · 09-10-2007, 01:48 PM

Buy a used Hi8 off ebay or Craigslist and purchase a DVD burner for about $100. I've got a Digital 8 CamCorder that will play all 3 8 mm formats - I used it to burn all my 8 mm home videos onto DVDs using a DVD recorder.

RODACTION · 09-10-2007, 02:00 PM

We just had 53 Hi-8 videos converted to DVD's. The quality on some of the tapes was starting to fail. So being most all of the tapes were of the our kids we thought we should have it done.

Ifisher.....fishinpox did the work for a fee. You may want to contact him, he may have a idea or 2.

Its not cheep to pay to have them transfered but worth it to us.

lentz · 09-10-2007, 08:56 PM

You can purchase a converter that will convert from Hi-8 to digital. You will need to get a Hi-8 player and you just plug the converter from the A/V out on the player to the USB on your computer. It is really pretty simple. We bought the converter at Best Buy for about $90.00, we halfs with some friends that were wanting to convert their Hi-8 videos.