Multi-Format captures

What is the most budget friendly way to enable one to do multi-format captures.
there are some decks out there like the JVC one that can play VHS, 8mm, Hi8 but the price tag is around $700 bucks. There is also the option off buying one of sony's digital 8 camcorders with passthrough, which would enable me to play and send to computer 8mm, hi8, and digital 8, and connect a vcr and via passthrough capture a vhs tape; this way is much cheaper.
However, if I was to purchase a digital 8 camcorder for this purpose (though not solely) would I be esentially investing in archaic technology, and thus be wasting my money.
What are some other options for multi-format captures--I would be capturing with imovie, and possibly avid free dv, when I decide to learn it better.
Thanks for your help

Hi ba15ck - Digital 8 still works well and is a sensible choice if you have lots of VHS, and other non-digital 8mm material to transfer.
Just be aware that since iMovie 4 there has been an issue with direct pass-through. Whereas with iMovie 4 it would work without tape in the camera, later versions required a tape inserted, and recording done onto that. A workaround was to make the camera connection to the computer with the tape in the camera, then remove the tape. Someone with actual experience of this may wish to comment.
Some people who have retained iMovie 4 use that for the import, then convert the project into an iMovie HD project for the editing.

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Solved!
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Two things to consider:
What format do you have the most of?
What will be the output format?

Multi-format titles?

Just created a set of titles at 1080p overlaid on 1080p footage in a 1080p sequence.
Copied the contents of the 1080p sequence into a clean sequence at PAL DV widescreen. Video fine, titles not showing on output. New title created in DV sequence on same track shows just fine.
Mercury Playback on or off makes no difference.
Conforming titles to DV widescreen makes no difference - they stay at 1920x1080.
Same in both Program window and on DV output via FireWire.
Is this a feature that didn't make the manual, finger trouble or a bug?

Useful hints.
It was finger trouble. The titles didn't re-scale whereas the video clips did and the title content was all off the edge of the DV frame.
Must be asleep this morning.
Thanks for helping.

Multi-Format captures

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