u/Ordinary-Dinner-9394

After a lot of trial and error, I finally have my tapeless setup working the way I wanted.
Camera: Sony Handycam (Hi8)
Added:
External monitor/recorder
Large NP-F battery powering the rig
Live digital capture, no tapes involved
I wanted to keep the original lens and CCD look while completely removing tape from the workflow. It’s surprisingly comfortable to shoot handheld despite all the extra hardware.
Still planning to clean up the cable management, but it’s finally at the point where I can grab it and start filming immediately.
Curious to see everyone else’s tapeless builds. What would you improve on this rig?

Not exaggerating. Touch Bar dead for months. Black screen, no response, tried everything, gave up.

Then yesterday I opened StarCraft II and it just... turned on. Instantly.

And it stays on. Even after I close the game. Like SC2 flips some switch that nothing else can reach.

Here's the kicker: the screen lights up but touch input still doesn't work. So SC2 is waking the display somehow while the actual touch layer stays dead. A partial resurrection. From a 20-year-old RTS.

I'm exhausted. I don't even want a fix at this point, I just want someone to explain what is going on.

If anyone here works at Apple or Blizzard, I am genuinely asking for help. What is this game doing to my computer that nothing else does.

I've been going back and forth on this for way too long and I need the community to settle it for me.

I just got my hands on a **Sony VX2000 — Japanese market model, picked it up off eBay** — and from day one I want to run it tapeless. No interest in dealing with tapes at all. I've narrowed it down to the **ClearClick Video to Digital Converter 3.0** and the **ImmersionRC Powerplay**. On paper they seem aimed at different use cases but I keep seeing both recommended in threads without anyone doing a direct comparison — let alone one specific to someone setting up a VX2000 tapeless from the start.

Also, is there anything I should be aware of or watch out for with it being a Japanese model? Menu language, region differences, compatibility with capture devices, anything at all — I want to go in with eyes open.

Here's what matters most to me:

- Output quality that actually does the VX2000's image justice

- Ease of use (I'm not trying to spend a weekend configuring software right out of the gate)

- Long-term reliability

I feel like this subreddit has people who have actually used both in the real world, not just read spec sheets. So I'll ask directly — **which one do you own, which one do you wish you'd bought, and is there something else entirely I should be looking at for this setup?**

Side question: does the price difference actually reflect a quality difference or is one of them just better marketed?

Appreciate any real-world takes. Go.