If you are looking to save your old video footage to DVD, I would go
with a service. That's what I did. My friend recommended a service to
me, apmstudio.com. And he gave me a promo code too. Basically, its ten
bucks per DVD. That's about the cheapest service I found so I went with
it. I only had like 13 tapes to transfer, so for me it was cheaper, and
easier, than buying a dvd recorder.

http://www.apmstudio.com/default.asp?refid=APM119764

use the promo code apm119764 and you save 5%... Not much, but hey, it's
still cheaper...

Good luck....