Transfer Umatic to PC inquiry

HI,

I have a bunch of umatic tapes which I had previously transferred to hard disk when I owned a Umatic recorder, but when I went to look for the files found both it and the backup over the years have crashed.

I am in Sydney and trying to find a place where I can hire a Umatic player.

I have called many audio-visual places but they don't have them anymore.

I have seen one I can buy a Sony 5630 but would prefer to hire for a day or two only.

I think when I transferred it before I ran it through my Hi8 or min Dv at the time. Would that have been right as I can't quite recall - memory at my age :-)

I just found n AverMedia AVerTV USB2.0, maybe I used this. Which would give the better quality?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

oz