Thanks for the reply! At the mo ive done 4 eps of Series 7 this is how i did it...
Capture DVD Mpeg2 @ 720x576
Filter in Virtual Dub with temporal smoother (low) and static noise reduction. Cleaned up the pic a bit
Filtered sound in cool edit pro - comes up nicely
Re endode in TMPGenc to make roughly 1gb file
These are coming out pretty good - the filters in virtual dub filter out some of the wavy lines, the sound is easy to fix. Its series 1 and 2 which are gonna be hard - the tapes on a standalone vcr or via the pc have flicking or bouncing from the top of the screen, which my tv/vcr combi seems to filter out some how. I think i need a time base corrector, but that costs £100+ so thats out of the question!