I bought an Iomega 320 Gig external hard drive for $70.  I attached it
to the USB connector, I turned on the machine, and 45 seconds later I
had an f:\.  I was so amazed that it worked right out of the box that I
literally fell off the chair.  I didn't know where to tell people, so I
decided to post it here.  Too rarely do we see posts about something
working perfectly as advertised.  Now if I could just find some
trustworthy suggestions on videohelp or somewhere else about a video
capture device I'll be in heaven.  (My experience with Pinnacle was very
unhappy.)
Paul in San Francisco