vhs to dvd

[njtony]

Ok paid good money for my VHS movies, now Is there a way to transfer them to DVD ?

[MrWizard]

this should allow you to transfer your vhs to DVD or (pc with capture hardware)

Grex video stabilizer

it goes in the video out line between vhs player and the DVD recorder to PC capture device

its real time record function, so you get to watch all those movies again while doing the DVD recording

or the kids can ! "Dad its done" come do the next one

[photobug]

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.

[sue_t]

I've been transferring our home videos (on VHS) to digital format using a Roxio Video Capture USB. I also use Adobe's Premiere Elements to improve the video quality before burning to DVD.

Been pleased with the results.

[wa8yxm]

There are two ways but only one may work

In days gone past I had a "Dazzle Video Converter" for my computer.. and they still make them. You can also get something like a Hauppauge Win-TV (I like the Replay Edition) for your computer.. These come in two or more flavors, One is a card for a desktop or tower type computer. the other is USB and will work on a sufficiently powerful laptop. Now you need to check the specs before you buy to make sure they can do it all but... here is a list of things they can do (Depending on the model)

1: Over the air ATSC Digital TV
2: Over the air or locally generated NTSC TV (TV out on the VCR)
3: A/V input (red/white/yellow cables)
4: HDMI in
5: Other in
Some have multiple OUTS too (All but RF)

I still have one such converter here but it's onlder (No ATSC) and I no longer have the drivers for it.

Plug it up to the VCR. Tell the computer to RECORD then use any good DVD authoring software to burn the DVD.

[2oldman]

OP gone.

[kalynzoo]

I have a small unit called a Diamond Industry VC500 One Touch Video Capture. I use it periodically, when I'm bored, to transfer family VHS to a hard drive, but it will also transfer to DVDs. The process is slow, as you must watch the VHS as it transferes, or at least be close by as is makes sub-chapters periodically. Also, many store bought VHS tapes cannot be easily copied. It works ok to preserve family VHS which I find are already deteriorating. Besides, as I make the copies it fills us with good memories of the children and grandchildren growing up.

[jerseyjim]

I borrowed a VHS/DVD product...that I was told came from Best-Buy. 100 bucks or so. The result was, IMO pretty good.

[Tom_M1]

If you want to copy movies you will need a "Video Stabilizer" which costs about $25. The video output from the VHS player plugs into the stabilizer and the output of the stabilizer then plugs into your recording device. You do not need a time base corrector which is quite costly.

If you want to capture direct to a computer you will need a video capture device. The simplest to use is one that plugs into a USB port. These capture both video and audio.

[Army11Bravo]

Costco transfers VHS to DVD. Prices start at $20 for 2 VHS tapes with two hours on each. They won't transfer copyrighted (store-bought) movies, just home movies that you created.

If you want to replace store bought movies, I suggest eBay or Amazon.com for inexpensive used DVD movies.

[tatest]

You can't do this and get DVD quality, but you can do it on a computer by playing through an analog-to-digital capture device (some computer graphics cards included this), or sometimes it works to hook up a VHS player to a DVD recorder.

If you are asking about converting copy-protected commercial VHS tapes, you might need to run the composite video signal through a time-base corrector, for early VHS recordings. After 1984, when the industry started using Macrovision (more than one technology) the copy protection is harder to defeat than the earlier practice of messing with the time-base. For the Macrovision technique of inserting pulses into the VBS, there were filtering devices sold in the VHS era to remove the pulses that told a recorder "don't record this." The technique of messing with the colorburst is harder to fix.

The cost of the equipment to do what you want to do will likely exceed the cost of replacing your favorite titles with DVD versions, particularly since there is now a huge market in used DVDs. I've built my DVD library with titles I've bought used at $1 to $5.

[K_Charles]

If you already watched them, what does it matter? Would you ever watch them again?

[wildtoad]

You would be better off looking on eBay for DVD copies of the VHS movies you really want to watch. You will not be happy with the results of copying VHS to DVD. You will be copying a dead technology to a dying one.

[1492]

rk911 wrote:

buta4 wrote:
How??

google is your friend but...there are professional firms that will do this for a price (we know from personal experience), not terribly pricy. option B, find someone like us who has a VHS/DVD recorder/player in which a dubbed copy can be made either way.

Not if they're copyrighted motion picture VHS? The duplicators would get slapped with legal action, possibly both criminal and civil. The FBI still does raids on bootlegged operations.

Makes more sense as suggested and buy the DVDs or Blurays. Used at thrift stores can go for $1.+

[rk911]

speak of good timing...here's a Groupon deal for the very thing you're looking for.

as for quality...an analog recording to digital media will generally end up being somewhat less than analog quality due to the resultant video being a copy. a pro can offset some of this, maybe even a lot of that. if the VHS originals are keepsakes such as weddings, birthdays and the like then consider having them converted professionally but be sure to enquire about the resulting quality. if they're just movies you'd like to be able to play on a DVD player AND digital quality is muy importante to you then I'd just buy new DVD versions and chuck the VHS.