Help! I am an absolute novice - so be gentle. I have a Sony videocamera - not digital, but a good one. I would like to find a (cheap) device/package with which I can take images (stills and sequences) and edit them on my computer (P111 500 mhz, 10gb hard drive, 128 mg ram, with the eventual aim of putting these onto a cd via a cd writer. Can this be done? one salesman tried to sell me a voodoo 3500 all singing all dancing gizmo - would this do the job or is there a better product? Any advice would be appreciated Thanks

I'm not an expert on this matter so will concede to others if they post here.
There are two levels of image editing on your PC - amateur level and professional. With amateur you can get a card like the Voodoo 3500 which has a video in and grab images from composite or S-Video source.
The difference between it and a professional set-up is at what resolution it can grab images. Anything less than 1024x768 and you'll start to notice pixellation - ie computery effect of jagged edges - when you're running them at full screen. I'm not sure what resolution the 3500 can grab images but would suspect 1024x768 was probably it's limit (or perhaps a notch higher).
In contrast, professional capture cards will let you start grabbing at up to 1600x1200 resolution, and will probably let you grab higher.