Transfer VHS to iMac.....then to DVD later

Question

How can I go about doing this? I have read everywhere that I need a converter such as the one dazzle makes, but all those seem to be PC only, right? I am looking to transfer from VHS to my new Intel iMac then eventually to DVD later on. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

Program,
I've transferred 9 years of family vhs and Hi8 tapes to DVD via the ADVC 100 from Canopus. If I had to do it over again, I'd buy the ADVC 50. The difference is the 100 allows me to reverse the process, i.e., transfer from digital back to analog vhs (a feature I've never used). I import the old tapes thus: vhs player connected by RCA jacks to inputs on ADVC, then ADVC firewire into the iMac with iMovie. Once iMovie has finished rendering, I edit and pass off to iDVD where I add themes, effects, and chapters before burning. Once I burn my dvd, I burn a copy for each of my kids before deleting the iMovie and iDVD files. With my new iMac, additional dvds burn in 20 minutes or so. Slick.