With all this spare time on my hands at the moment thought I'd have a crack at a little project. Have 2 old VHS c Camcorders [ 20+ years old and working ] one has a flip out screen,Panasonic VX55, and one does not, another Panasonic. so with a shoe box of old tapes I can watch them but only on the small 3" screen. When I plug them to the back of a fairly modern TV with RCA? plugs, red yellow white, I get zip. Went to H'Norman and talked to the "Tech" repair guys and they were not sure how i can view these tapes on a modern Tv so they sent me to Jaycar...Impressive shop. They have a Composite to HDMI "converter" cable for $90.00 which they say should work but they just cannot guarantee it will, so if it does not do it's job, $90 down the gurgler as I can't return for a refund after purchase. If it was thirty bucks I'd have a crack and if it failed that would be ok but can't just burn $90. Anyone out there faced a similar problem and maybe have an answer? Dont want to utilise a dubbing shop as I think the cost may be too much to transfer to a hard drive etc. Just really after a way to view them on the TV.

Thanks Fellas. Yes even after all these years I have the manuals and have used them but no go....Waiting on a " Video" capture unit that I bought online yesterday that "should" plug the camcorder to the computer and allow me to transfer sound and image to a hard drive....Could be a goer? $15.00 delivered from Sydney. Reasonable price and no harm if it doesn't work.