A question about firewire input.

[skorch]

Hello everyone.
for my first post I want to state that this is a great site with so much info, my heads been spinning for weeks now. My PC is too slow for video capture/encoding plus I don't have the HD space.
I'd like to get into archiving VHS and my editing needs are pretty staightforward so I'm thinking of getting a DVD recorder W/ firewire input.
My question is, can I use the input to import from my PC (firewire out) text and icons/images or is the input strictly for DV?
Reason being I'd like to add captions and images while recording to a DVD.
If it's possible, any brand/model recommendations under $450 would be appreciated.
Thank you for your help.

[piano632]

Sorry, but they are all strictly DV input - no data input. Pioneer and Sharp models also have DV output as well as input.

[skorch]

Oh well, guess I'll have to upgrade the ol' PC.

Thanks for the reply.

[Capmaster]

Oh well, guess I'll have to upgrade the ol' PC.

Thanks for the reply.

You might as well. Converting all that DV to MPEG would really be slow on a slow PC.