Newbie: Best way to transfer some VHS to CDs for my Dad?

[Jedman]

Hello,
I am new to video recording somewhat, and have only made one video edited movie so far. I was wanting to do do something for my Dad for fathers day which is coming up:
He wants to get rid of his ancient (small) TV and SONY vcr that he has in his office, and just use a computer for video. He has a set of videos from a seminar that I was wanting to transfer to CDs for him.
I do not have a DVD burner, so was wondering what the best way to do this on regular CDs is? Should I use MPEG 2 or DIVX or something else? I'm mostly looking for a format that will preserve the VHS quality and fit the most possible minutes on a CD.
I will be using a Kworld USB 2.0 TV Box into a Toshiba 1.5GHz notebook, with 512mb ram for the video transfering.
Thank you for any help!
Sincerely,
Jed Smith

[Tommyknocker]

Here is the web site comparison chart. I hope it helps, remember SVCD and DVD video are both MPEG-2 format.

[Jedman]

Thanks for the link, Tommy. After looking at that chart, does MPEG2 seem like the best choice? DivX would be cool for fitting lots on a CD, but then he'd have to always worry about having the DivX codec, right? I guess it's pretty popular, though, so maybe that would be worth a try...
Anyone have a resolution to use when capturing from VHS? I'd like to preserve what little quality there is, if possible.
Thanks,
Jed

[Tommyknocker]

Well, once you install it on "Pop's" system, you can forget it. Once it is there, you never have to worry about it again. And once you see how good a DivX capture is, I am sure it will suffice as a good substitute for VHS.