i'm looking to rip a few old videotapes that have non commercial stuff on them (otherwise i'd buy the dvd), and i've a half dozen things on laserdisc that's never came out on dvd or better format either. i have a standalone video recorder that i've used in the past but it's not the best quality so i was looking to upgrade. an option is to buy a better second hand dvd recorder but i would have thought a capture card may be a better option and let rip to say 720p and get a higher bitrate and better quality. budget around £50 mark but if a fantastic device is available sub £100 i'd maybe go for that. i presume there are great professional devices but would probably cost a fortune, but if you can get them second hand on ebay for cheap then i'm interested. i do have a cheap usb one but couldn't get it to work (cheap chinese ebay crap). i don't want to spend hours on software cleaning up, just a straight rip, crop start and end and that's it
thanks