Speaking of video capturing and editing, I bought a
Plextor ConvertX PX-402U at Costco today for $190 and have been playing with it all day. This thing is awesome! Connects straight from the output ports of my TV or VCR into my PC, and has been creating seemless captures all day long. It is sooooooo much better than my ATI AlL-in-wonder TV card, which is very rapidly about to find it's way to Cash Converters.