[84porsche]

Are you strictly looking to convert your movies from VHS to DVD or are looking to be creative in the process (menus, editing videos, photo albums etc.) . If you want the basic conversion, their are plenty of services that do this for you for a nominal fee but if you want to take the time and work through it, thats another story. The video capture card to me has always been my answer because of the capabilities. I can take any video format and edit it how I want, fade in, fade out, custom menus, mix and match credits. If you have a mini DV camcorder, that hooks up to your computer through a firewire cable and you can control the camera from your computer, record the video to the computer, edit out the bad stuff, remerge the video and make DVDs and multiple copies for friends and family. I probably lost you along the way but just some of the vast capabilities if you have the time.