Is there anyone who knows a lot about the Hi8 video format? Or any sites that have a lot of coverage of it? I'm not talking development history or basic info here. I mean like what will yield the best playback, will a Hi8 vcr look a lot better than a camcorder?
I was also looking through the threads about capture cards and I'm more confused than ever. The best cards are the external ones because they can handle the data rate but then those use dv compression? And the really cheap ones get better quality because they use avi instead of mpeg?
http://www.originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=12&threadid=6194&highlight_key=y&keyword1=capture%20card
http://www.originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=12&threadid=5411&highlight_key=y&keyword1=capture%20card
http://www.originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=12&threadid=4231&highlight_key=y&keyword1=capture%20card
http://www.originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=12&threadid=1688&highlight_key=y&keyword1=capture%20card
http://www.originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=12&threadid=1700&highlight_key=y&keyword1=capture%20card

Do these captures look any good?
It's at half size so that it doesn't show the interlace.
Camera: Sony 8mm TRV-32 Card: Pyro AV converter

http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/a747e44724.jpg

Full size example. Image is interlaced but lack of movement means few jaggies. Same camera and settings.

http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/9c8a425504.jpg

Using monster s-video cable from Nintendo Gamecube. It was an n64 game but I have the GCN bonus disc with the old games.

http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/54b550fb0f.jpg