First, thank you everyone for all the help on this forum.

I have just recently purchase a Digital 8 video camera. We have a number of 8MM analog tapes I want to transfer to Digital 8 to keep quality. I want to also convert the footage to DVD. Questions:

1. Does the original source (352 x 240?) of our analog tape get converted to 720 x 480 (DV1 type) when copied onto Digital 8?

2. When I pull the video stream out of Ulead, should I use the DV AVI setting or just MPEG 1 (VCD) 352 x 240, MPEG 2 (SVCD) 480 x 480, or DVD (MPEG 2) 720 x 480 format? Basically, do I gain quality by copying the analog footage to DV format, other than not losing quality/clarity when I play the tape over and over again?

3. Am I waisting my time trying to make a SVCD or DVD out of it, since the original format was in analog and 352 x 240? I have noticed a big difference in quality when using the DV AVI format in Ulead while pulling the video off of my analog tape using my Digital 8 camera. Why is this when the original tape was analog?

Basically, what is the best way to get the best quality SVCD/DVD out of what I have? Currently, I do not have a DVD burner yet but will soon since we have a Digital 8 camera and will have Digital footage from now on.

Again, thank you for all of your help. Pat