On a Macintosh I have used an application called USB Vision Capture and a
Belkin USB Video Bus  device connected to the video player. The results
are acceptable if nothing better is available but quality is some way
below a grab from a DVD. I've no idea how up to date this method is.
Knowing my general state of technical awareness, I'm probably rather
behind the times.

Good luck

Mike


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> dear folks
> what is the latest technology for a private researcher to download images
> from a vhs tape? i checked with the screen-l archive, and there are
> suggestions that are 3 years old. is there anything available nowadays
> that
> is relatively affordable and high quality? the ultimate goal is to have
> publishable quality stills to accompany a manuscript
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> ken harrow
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