Vcr To Dvd

[copiche]

Hello all. A friend of mine has a bunch of family videos in VCR format. He wants to put them all into DVD-R or DVD+R. What is the best way? Any requirements?
he Just bought a Dell P4 computer with 512 MB of memory, 40 Gig HD, and he wants to use most of his computer's potential.

Please suggest the lowest costly method.

Thanks

[MOVIEGEEK]

Your friend has four options:
1.Use a analog-to-digital converter or camcoder with analog pass-through to transfer via firewire(best),cost $150-300US.
2.Use a standalone recorder(better),cost $200US.
3.Use a PCI capture card(good),cost $50-150.
4.Use a USB capture device(poor),cost $30-75.
Since your friend only has a 40GB HDD I would recommend 2 or 3.