On Mon, 08 Oct 2001 11:36:56 -0400, Jeff Lackey wrote:

>Silly newbie question: is there a converter that allows you to watch
>DV tapes on a standard VHS VCR?

No - the format is quite different...

>How do you routinely view the DV
>tapes?

Using the camcorder for playback - but you can
copy the DV tapes to VHS, if you can stand the
quality loss...