OCP's setup was probably similar to mine. The outputs on my Digital 8 camera - S-Video and RCA - also work as inputs. I just hooked up the the camera to the S-Video and RCA outputs on the DirectTV receiver and I recorded some high quality video and audio. Despite it being high quality, the video is still degraded from the original MPEG 2 signal being sent to the receiver.

EDIT - Also - I'm not sure if the ugliest footage on Anchor Bay's bootleg cut was taken from VHS or not, but there's no denying that it's a horrible looking transfer.