NO DAZZLE! Cheap POS... Get a Formac Studio. I have one and it works well. Sony makes an analog to digital converter as well... I have been using the formac to transfer all of my analog hi8 movies to the Mac and then using iMovie (and Final Cut Pro) to edit out the "crap".
I'm sorry I didn't jump into this thread sooner, but my wife and I are expecting a little screamer any day now and I haven't had a chance to browse IWETHEY...
Lincoln, if you want to take this offline, I can provide you with an email address, as I had the same situation about a year ago. I tried about four different devices on the PC (including a Dazzle that came with a "multimedia" Dell. You don't want to go there.