What is the easiest and least expensive way to transfer old 8mm movies onto CDs or DVDs?”
Recognize first of all that the easiest method may not be the least expensive. And the least expensive may not give you the best quality. And the best quality may not be the easiest. You will need to research the methods available, and decide for yourself what combination of price, ease, and quality is right for you. There are two steps in the process. First, you need to capture the video into digital format on your computer. Second, you need to burn that video onto DVDs or CDs. I’m assuming that you already have a computer and a DVD burner or CD burner. There’s lots of information about burning discs, and lots of software to do it on the web, so I won’t cover that here. I’ll address the slight more arcane task of capturing video. Let’s talk about the least expensive method first. The least expensive method will generally be the one that doesn’t require you to buy anything. So it depends greatly on what equipment you already own. Do you have an 8mm camera with a standard A/V (RCA) outp
