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Installing Neat SoftwareInstalling Neat V5.0 takes a few additional steps being they have discontinued the software. You will need to create an account to activate this software. We hope this guide helps. Logon to www.Neat.com and click on “start free 30 day trial” to create an account.Proceed through the shopping cart and supply the necessary info. Yes a credit card will be needed but don’t worry this is all free.Once you create a account, click “Login”Click on the pull down next to your name …

The Digital8 format is a digital format that gets recorded on the tape (think 1s and 0s), whereas the Hi8 and Video8 formats are analog videos that record waveform information from the tapes. Digital 8 also records using the DV codec which results in 720×480 resolution, where Hi8 and Video are much lower resolution.Both Hi8 and Video 8 are analog formats recorded onto a Hi8/Videotape and recorded at a rate that 1 tape lasts 2 hours in SP mode. Hi8 is just a higher quality video format than Video …