[tivrama]

Hi I have two questions regarding transfering tape to a digital medium.
1) When transferring audio cassettes to CD via a Sony standalone home cd recorder, is there any loss vs. going straight into a computer?
2)When transfering video from a Hi-8 cassette (not digital hi-8) to DVD via a Sony standalone home DVD recorder, which setting should I select in order to preserve the quality without wasting blank DVDs?
I have these choices:
SHQ
HQSP
SP
LP
SLP
I have been doing them at HQSP (one quality abouve VHS quality about 1.5hours per DVD) but wonder if this useless and just causing the need for 2 blank DVD's per hi-8 120 min tape.