Aloha again Snapeshots,
You found the holes in my question...yes, I intend to capture with PP-CS6, and no, the VHS deck isn't outfitted with a firewire port. My hope was to use the VHS deck HDMI port which is both in/out, because this machine digitizes in upconversion of analog to 1080p...
so, after all these replies it's looking like I need to find something to convert either the HDMI or the Component ports to firewire in order to meet requirements of PP to capture...I really thought I had read where CS6 had moved along and was giving more options for capture...once again many mahalos-n-aloha....konadon