Luckily, thanks to all the wonderful people in this forum, I didn't have to make any costly mistakes before I found the VK and V4L. Therefore, my conversion from analogs to pv's was extremel easy. I'm still fairly new to this, but if I had any advice to give to a newcomer, it would be this: Trust the advice you receive in this forum, and don't get discouraged from a bad experience from another company. If you're on the fence about quitting analogs, give V4L a chance before reaching a final decision.