How do you record from 8mm camcorder tape to DVD?

How do you transfer things recorded on an 8mm to a DVD?

• I was going through some boxes and found some old 8mm tapes of some of my stuff from high school and old birthday parties. I thought it would be nice to transfer them to DVD. I put the tapes in the 8mm camcorder and plugged the camcorder into my DVD-R to record the tapes. Then I found that the camcorder no longer works. Well, I thought there was an adapter where you could put the 8mm tape into a tape that resembled a VHS tape. However, after some research I found that no such adapter exists for an 8mm tape. I have asked if anyone else has an 8mm tape, and so far no one does. I found that places like Wal-Mart can transfer them for me, but the lowest price I've found is $25 per tape, and I have about 20 tapes, so I don't want to spend that much. I thought worse case scenario I could go to a place like Rent-A Center and see if they had an 8mm camcorder I could borrow. Anyway, any suggestions?

• Answer:

  If the Rent-A-Center idea doesn't pan out, you might get a refurbished 8mm camcorder for about $100-$150. For example: http://www.ubid.com/Sony_CCD-TRV138_Hi8_Handycam_Camcorder_2.5_inch_LCD/a10980109.html http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0007M3PJ4/sr=8-1/qid=1177434817/ref=olp_tab_used/104-4597660-7495121?ie=UTF8&coliid=&qid=1177434817&sr=8-1&seller=&colid=&condition=used http://photography.search.ebay.com/8mm_8mm_W0QQcatrefZC11QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfromZR10QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsacatZ15074