Yep, unless you're looking for high quality then i would agree with that.Propax, you can get USB extension cables btw as I have one so maybe you'd be better off doing that.
Just out of interest i "googled" around for extensions leads, and the longest i can find seems to be 17ft, but if you need longer you could always combine them.
What connections are on the camera? AV? If so it's quite possible there may be an adapter out there, perhaps not straight to USB but i expect there is some software/hardware you could use get it running on your computer.
edit: Something like this? http://spyville.com/...corder-usb.html
Edited by Matthew., 04 June 2007 - 02:47 PM.