Do you copy vhs videos to dvd? What is the best way?

Personally I never buy equiptment (stereos, tv's, media stuff) used, and I dont like ebay. I have not actually transfered any of these, but hubby and I have been talking about it becuase VHS will soon be obsolete, and we have satalite DVR, and would love to transfer some movies.

I am pretty sure that a machine like this exists, but my advice is to go to a real electronics store, or even Circuit City, and browse and ask questions, you want to make sure you get a warrenty also, anytime you buy media.

personally i use my computer to do it
i just use a capture card (some video cards have this feature as well)
then i just connect my vhs player to the connectors on the card and then play the vhs. i can now see the vhs video on my monitor screen and then record it using software like windows movie maker (i use other software which are better but windows movie maker will do)
after recording is done, i use software like adobe premiere if I want to edit the video and add/remove some parts
if you dont need to edit and just prefer to burn it to DVD immediately, you can use your favorite DVD burning software (i.e. nero vision)

Well. My parents bought a recorder and I am gonna too gonna get one before we move out. Its got the vcr and the dvd player. Shes done at least one dvd and such. I think its really and cool and a technogoly I'd say its about time!:)

actually, there is this certain device like grandfathers that could burn dvd from vhs and good thing is that you do not need to use computer to copy it all the way through... all you gotta do is plug in the powers with your television, put in the vhs and so as the blank dvd then read some instruction then poof its done. the machine i am talking to you is from the states and my grandpa brought it here... its nice so portable.. actually it is like a dvd player, extactly the same... but the cad thing is i do not know the name, ill just try to check it out when i get into his room.

I never do. I really don't see the point unless it's like family video's. I have a VHS tape of my Mom's wedding that I will probably have put on DVD. Movies though I've just been buying them and replacing them. I think the quality of the VHS movies is so low that it's really not worth it to copy them to DVD but that's just me.

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It might be possible to do it with a computer like qradav says. But you will need a really good computer to handle the speed of the VHS player. And also a good video card to plug it in.

If you do not have these... it is probably simpler and cheaper to buy a DVD recorder. You should be able to buy a good DVD recorder these days for $250.00

You plug the VHS player into the DVD recorder and the DVD recorder into the television. It also gives you many options...
- three different recording speed
- The possibility to edit your video while recording them on DVD... you simply pause the recording and fast forward the video.
- You can copy several videos on one DVD... up to six hours in long play on a 4.7GB DVD.
- And lets not forget that you can copy your favourite TV program on DVD.

The only bad news is that if you bought some videos in the last ten years... they probably have some protection on them and the DVD recorder won't let you copy them.

The other bad news is that I have not found an editing program yet that recognise the recording format of those DVDs made on a DVD recorder. But you probably won't need to edit them on your computer anyway. You can play them on the computer and make copies of them with the right software.

All in all... my favorite choice would be to buy a DVD recorder if I did not have the computer to do it.



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