Lee:

Thanks for the input --- and the web page.

The TiVo subscription package is tied into my DirecTV subscription, so that part doesn't bother me. As far as TiVo keeping track of what I watch --- there really isn't anything on TV that could get me into REAL TROUBLE anyway. Their collecting viewer preferences affects the way the unit operates, and once I learned about how it worked, it didn't bother me.

The conversion of VHS into DVD for me does not include films, as I would just go buy the DVD anyway. What I have are lectures and documentary style VHS tapes. This would make them easier to deal with all the way around.

I am more than likely going to get ADOBE PREMIERE --- as I already know the ADOBE nomenclature. I learned all of that when I learned the publishing suite programs.

As far as the horsepower is concerned I have that in spades. Just in the RAM department --- I have 2 GB of SDRAM.

Thanks for the tips . . .

P n' P = KDB