Hello everyone,

I am planning on capturing a few titles from laserdisc to include in special edition Blu Rays I am creating. I have never attempted this before and I would appreciate some help from experts on these forums.

1. I need to buy the equipment I need. First off is a laserdisc player. I really don't want to spend more than I have to. What is your opinion on Pioneer LD-V8000? It can be had quite cheaply.

I am looking for the best quality video. But I would prefer not to spend much more than $100. I could stretch to $200 or so but I'm not thinking of spending anywhere close to the amount the high end Pioneer players are going for ($400 and up).

2. Do I need a DVD Recorder or some other equipment with a high end comb filter? Which would you recommend?

3. I am thinking of capturing to my hard drive in a lossless format like Huffyuv. Then I plan on editing it, filtering (if necessary) then finally encoding it with MainConcept Reference. Since I am planning to include the video as a special feature on a Blu Ray title I am making, I was thinking of of encoding it in 1080p x264 at a high bitrate to preserve the most detail possible. I do want to crop the top and bottom to create a genuine widescreen anamorphic presentation of the title.

Given all this, what hardware do you recommend? Any suggestions you could give me regarding filtering and methods to capture at the highest possible quality?

Thanks.