Converting video to disk

I was wondering if there was any store or business where i could take in a tape from my video camera and they will convert it to a disk for your computer.

Hi Julie,
to add some other grumpy comments...:
* I do know such a service, ... but Munich/Germany is maybe a little far away from your home? .. this is an international forum, so please add some little more details of your location to get any usefull info.-
* tape to disc for your computer... no good idea! most companies doing so, offer you a video-dvd, meaning, the tape is converted into mpeg2, which needs another conversion for editing it... twice lossy!
so, the tape should be converted into dv on a data-dvd, which fits max 20min of footage in this codec.
last sentence: with a Mac, you connect your camera to computer and hit "import"...Boom!Done! to quote the CEO of a minor computer manufacturer
think about "The Julie Lentz Store".... ;-))))

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