is there any way to send video from my tv to my laptop?

Question

my camcorder only hooks up to my tv and would like to get the video on my computer so that i can store it easily. help please!

Answer 1

You can use what Kyle said or if you have a DV camcorder you can connect through an IEEE1394 firewire port. If your laptop does not have one you can buy the card at any computer store.

Answer 2

The product you're looking for is a video capture device. As you have a laptop, you'll probably want to buy a USB device.

You can find them at most computer places, but if you are a member, I would recommend Sam's Club - I recall seeing a very nice one for a pretty cheap price (I already had one, so I didn't buy it).

I'm looking online for some...

Wal-Mart has some good ones:
$40.78 - http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4660725
$57.11 - http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4660726

The other cool thing about buying from Wal-Mart online is that if you don't have a credit card, you can go to any Wal-Mart and put enough money on a gift card and use that to buy on their website - that's what I usually do.

Hope that helps...

Answer 3

i imagine the s-video works immediately yet you'll nevertheless favor audio i trust. They make this headphone (a million/4 ") to RCA audio (the purple and white variety which i trust is a million/8") and plug them into the audio inputs on decrease back of my television. in case your television would not reveal the video immediately there is regularly and icon on the functionality keys that you'll press to rigidity video out to the vga port on my own or you hit it lower back and it performs an same video photo to both and hit it lower back and it reflects only to laptop. on my HP its Fn + F4

Answer 4

this will work for what you are asking.