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Thanks everyone. The more I learn the more uncertain I am. The Asus' sound good - and I know Raven loves hers - but when I look at the negative reviews (on varous sites), there seems to be significant quality control issues. Lots of lemons - and defects - and terrible cusotmer service. There's enough of that type of review that I hesitate to buy an Asus tablet. I saw a google nexus 10. I prefer it to have a microsd card slot - not have fixed storage like an ipad. It also just did not feel or look good to me. Genes - you may be right about not finding that kind of battery life for video play. I thought that ipads were (at least older generations) got 9-10 hours of video play. On the one hand, i would expect video to be one of the biggest battery drains. But perhaps surfing the web - downloading content, etc also consumes battery life. Urlee - I interpreted that quote about really killing the tablet - and what battery life it gets - to suggest that even using it to the max - he gets 6 hours - and thinks "regular?" use could get 10 hours. Of course, we don't know what "regular is". That kind of leaves the Samsung tablets - either galaxy tab 10.1 - or Note. The actual pen aspect of the note doesn't do anything for me (maybe I'd wind up loving it - but it's not on my list of desireable features). I just saw a refurbished note at Best Buy for about $330 (something like that - I had a small credit - and there was tax). 500-600. They're often closer to $So I decided to order it and give it a try. It's supposed to be fast - 2GB ram - with ICS. I have not seen one in person. This has just 16GB on board storage - but with a micro sd slot, that doesn't matter since I can add 64GB more. For some reason, this Note doesn't excite me in theory the way the Asus tablets did. But the relatively large number of complaints (and consistent complaints) on Asus have made me pause. Mike - I am aware that many international flights have power ports. But we have not been that lucky in our last international flights. These flights have been booked through an educational tour group - and therefore the airline has been very reluctant to give us any information. I know we're in a Boeing 777. But from Seat Guru it looks like there are 5 different versions. And the one that looks closest to the seating chart on Delta's website - does not have power ports in economy. One seating chart looked like it might. Another suggested just ipod/iphone charging in economy - no tablets or laptops. But none of the charts on seat guru quite match what's on Delta. If there were power ports, that would make this easy. But my experience is, don't count on power ports. First - they may not be in economy. And if they are, they may not be at every seat. And even if they're there, doesn't mean they're working. (Heck - 2 of the last 4 domestic flights I took - the readling light for my seat was not working - and the flights were full - no reading for me (this was before i had the Nook). If I could really count on power ports that work - I'd just bring my nook tablet for now. But it's been acting up in terms of battery drain lately - and I don't want to risk this as my only entertainment. I'll keep everyone posted. Thanks. Lynn.

A lot depends on what you plan to do and your expectations for what the outcome will be. I'm gonna suggest you go to the link below and read reviews of the different cards/devices. If these are home movies that you want to preserve then you might want to consider having it done by a pro. They have dedicated computers and special equipment and can do a much better job with old video tapes. If I had it to do over again I would do more research and I would get a card with audio/video out capabilities. Pooh Bear Here is a link that might be useful: VideoHelp dot com Capture Cards

I have a video capture card in my computer. Mine is a TV tuner card. You need a fast computer, and a large fast hard drive. For home movies that you want to keep, I STRONGLY suggest you get this done professionally. It's not as easy as hooking up a VCR to the computer and just start recording. There are problems to overcome. Dropped frames and out-of-sync audio are the two biggest. And if you are copying VHS tapes to DVD don't expect DVD quality. The quality is only as good as the input. If you input VHS quality in, you get VHS quality out, or worse. If you have a bunch of movies that you bought on VHS before DVD became popular and you are thinking of transferring these to DVD then forget it. Waste of time. Easier to just get a subscription to NetFlix and rent the DVD and copy it. Some people report great results with video capture devices. For me it has been a mixed bag of results. Hope this helps some. Pooh Bear