Newbie Help - Best Way to Watch TV on Computer

[dbears0520]

Excuse me for such a newbie question but I can't seem to find an answer on this site.

I would like to capture video mostly to transfer video tapes and Tivo recordings onto disc. Right now my plans are to copy onto VCD's but I plan on purchasing a DVD burner shortly. Also, I'd like to watch TV while I'm playing on the computer. As a result, I hope to be able to hook up a VCR permanently to the computer and, occasionally, move my Tivo over to my computer when I want to copy to digital media.

From what I can tell, the Canopus capture device linked thru firewire gets the most raves on this site. If I hooked up a VCR to this device, can I watch TV on the computer using the VCR as a tuner? How well does this work? What other options would you advise?

thanks,

Mike (Da Bears)

[Rond66]

You may want to look at an ATI AIW card too.

http://www.ati.com

[dbears0520]

Thanks for the post. Will the ATI capture as well as the canopus advc 100? Any synch issues?

To my question, can I watch TV thru the Canopus without tying up the hard drive on my computer? I'm concerned that the DV files are so large.

thanks,

Mike