Hi 8 / digital 8 VCR?

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My Sony Hi 8 camcorder just puked after 4 years and fewer than 25 tapes recorded on it. I've heard that this is a relatively common problem so I am curious as to some more durable options.
First of all I'll need a new camcorder. Digital 8 w/ backwards compatibility to do hi 8 playback is a must. I'm looking at a Sony DCRTRV350 ($499 retail) as a replacement. Does anyone know of any other brand options? Is Sony the only choice?
Also I have been looking for a HI 8 VCR as an option to take some of the rewind duty off of the camcorder. We also duplicate all of the tapes to VHS to send to relatives. My wife also complains that she can't watch a video (shes too lazy to hook up the camcorder to the TV) so an 8mm VCR would be ideal. ACTUALLY a combo HI-8/VHS machine would be perfect. Does anyone make one?
I noticed that Sony makes a GV-D200 Digital/Hi8 vcr but it is $600 and might possibly be just as big of a POS as the camcorder was. So I'm not too anxious to go out and buy one. Also, some day I would like to transfer all of our videotaped to DVD-R when the machines become more affordable.
Any thoughts?
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crazychile

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Topic - Hi 8 / digital 8 VCR? - crazychile 16:02:04 03/20/03 (3)

Re: Hi 8 / digital 8 VCR? - JimR3192 05:30:33 03/24/03 (2)

Re: Hi 8 / digital 8 VCR? - crazychile 13:46:30 03/24/03 (1)

Re: Hi 8 / digital 8 VCR? - phatty 07:23:17 03/25/03 (0)

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