Best Analog-to-Digital Video Converter?

What's the best and most inexpensive analog to DV converter for importing video from a VCR onto my eMac?
I'm using iMovie 4 if that makes any difference...
Message was edited by: daftboychemist

Faedo,
Cheapest ways:
1. Do you have a DV camera? If you do and it has "digital in" then you can take the output from your VHS player, route it through the camera and into your PC. The manual would explain if it is a feature.
2. Secondly, search ebay for Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge. This is a hardware converter that takes the analogue and does the conversion for you.
Good luck.

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