Sorry, Tami. Now I know better.
About that video camera, is it an analog (VHS/VHS-C/Hi-8) or some sort of digital format (DV)? If it's the latter you might be able to get your recordings digitally to the computer using a IEE1394 (aka Firewire aka iLink) port.
Glad to hear about the RMA. Hope everything works out now.
/TTurtle