I use this Firefox add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/easy-youtube-video-downl-10137/?src=search That's just the one I stumbled on and suits my limited needs, so I stick with it, there may be better for all I know. The reason I wasn't quick to mention it is that, if I remember correctly, it tried to tempt/trick me into upgrading to an "ad-supported" version when I first installed it, and maybe even every time it updates. I don't really remember, but I got the feeling it was baiting me into installing something I didn't want, and I didn't really like that. The regular version works great for what I use it for though. I can download the video as an "flv" or "mp4" in any bitrate it's available as. As for the higher bitrate audio that they want me to upgrade to receive, I don't need that anyway. I can always strip the audio out of the video if I need it. :)

Your mini-DV only has a certain number of pixels. When viewed on a small screen it looks good. Blow up the screen and it blows up the picture, but the same number of pixels. Burning to a DVD won't change anything.

Very cute! Wish we had a pool table to exercise mine! ;)

Oh my gosh they are adorable. There's a house next door to my doctor's office that has a farm and lots of those little goats but they are the fainting goats. It is hilarious to see them all fall down in a dead faint at once. I was sitting in my car watching them play when one came running out from behind the barn and scared them and bam they all just fell down, out cold. In a few seconds they all woke up and started playing again. I had to keep watching and sure enough it happened again. I asked about them in the office and they said oh yes we love to watch them. Now when I go I make sure to park in the lot facing the farm. It was very entertaining lol. Our neighbors 2 houses down at our former home had some little ones for the kids ffa, they didn't faint but they did tricks. They would climb on top of their little house and the kids would hold up a hula hoop and they would jump through it. They did some really cute stuff. Darling little animals.