My guess would be that you probably know someone that you could borrow a Video8 Camcorder from. Ask around, maybe even your brother or sister has one...

I have the same delma. I just bought a sony trv280 camcorder because it stated it plays 8mm tapes.
Well, it will record on the older cheaper 8mm tapes, but will only play back old hi 8 ,not 8mm analog.
After talking to sony tech support for a hour and a half they finally came up with a dcr trv 480 camcorder.
So I search the net to find out that you have to buy it on ebay used or refurbished! Ireally dont want to by used because I already have 3 broken cameras already!
There has to be a new camcorder, maybe by a make other than sony that plays old 8mm analog tapes, as well as Hi8. That has the new technlogy connections that is compatible computer transfer or dvd recording.
It is funny that they sell cameras to keep memories for the long term, but your just out of luck if your old camera breaks! Any new products would be appreciated.