sometimes it's best just to skip the dvd part all together and save the files on the computer. .avi or mp4 files work a lot easier than trying to get a dvd to burn correctly sometimes. lo res vhs movies are a lot easier to watch on a computer screen than a 50" big screen. as mentioned above an analog to digital converter plugs your video player to your computer and usually comes with recording/editing software. I've got a ton of vhs video converted. works awesome when watching movies on my phone.