Twenty years ago, I was simply happy that a computer could capture my keystrokes and let me save the results in a permanent file on floppy disk.Nowadays, I expect lots more.
I have often thought about dabbling with video. I'm familiar with DVD format and have been copying titles since I first got a DVD burner over two years ago. My equipment had finally caught up to my capabilities; but my software had not. I wasn't happy with the learning curve presented by Studio 9 by Pinnacle. Besides, I had technical problems that their technical support couldn't help solve.
I found myself resorting to a free copy of Ulead's Movie Factory 2.5 that came with one of my DVD burners. Over the last few months, I found myself using it frequently to copy TV segments of science and technology for class. I even burned old analog 8mm video tape from trips to India and Thailand in the early 1990's. It works.
I downloaded the newer trial version of Ulead's Movie Factory 5.0 and I plan on paying them the fifty bucks for the legit copy. It'll be worth it.