Analog Hi8 camcorder with USB output 📹 Samsung SCL770

One of only a handful of analog video devices with a USB output: Samsung's SCL770 Hi8 camcorder from 2002. But just like Sony's CCD-TRV608 Handycam from the same year, its USB output is probably not worth using today.

The Samsung SCL870 from 2003 also featured USB output, but aside from it being mentioned in the manual for Samsung's Hi8 camcorders that year, I can't find any proof of it actually being manufactured.

I also didn't mention Sony's range of Digital8 Handycams and Video Walkmans which can convert analog Video8 and Hi8 tapes and external analog video sources into digital form via FireWire, because they're far more expensive (both when new and on the used market today), most computers don't have a FireWire port anymore, and that's a topic which deserves its own in-depth video.

Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
1:41 Overview
2:51 Unboxing
4:55 Features & controls
6:49 Video effects
7:47 Trying Windows 10
9:43 Windows XP software
11:26 Captured video
12:45 Audio/video sync lag
13:35 Proprietary codec
15:20 Conclusion
16:18 New Hi8 video samples

Probnot's Tech video about the ION VCR2PC:    • Ion VCR2PC (from 2010)  

StereophonicStuff's video about Sony's USB streaming:    • Sony Handycam USB Streaming & Why You...  

TheOldSkoolPC's video about how to get the best results from analog video capture using free software:    • How to convert VHS videotape to 60p d...  

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