HI there,
What I was trying to say/ask,
Are your tapes PAL-formatted (European) or NTSC-Formatted (US)? PAL means 25 frames per second, NTSC means something like 29.7 frames per second. :l(
So if you play an NTSC-formatted videotape in a standard European VCR, you wouldn't be able to get a descent quality (most of the time it's fuzzy and it'll be in Black & White) :d
It's a good thing I own a VCR that plays both, but the output is PAL (NTSC playback on PAL television) so I can't see NTSC-videotapes on my computer (Input is either NTSC or PAL, with my VCR I get a fuzzy display and it'll be in Black & White)
In other words, I can play as well PAL- as NTSC-formatted tapes on my VCR. On television, it looks good

but on my computer, it looks bad

I'm sorry if I'm talking too much, but I also hope it's clear

Sincerely,
Me :d