mxr dad Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Anybody have an idea how to get my old home movies from VHS to DVD? Oh yeah, as painless as possible? Maybe even sending them to a company or individual to do the transfer? I had an old Dazzle program but it was brutal and time consuming to go this route. IDK, maybe there are newer programs? Talk to me Ol Wise Ones. A few years back I even purchased a Toshiba (cant remember the model number) that has VHS and DVD on it that is made to transfer the VHS to DVD but it too was tricky trying to configure the dang thing. Any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 (edited) yes, there are devices you can buy that will allow you to do that. My dad did it with all his old videos. Good luck, and for what you'll likely pay for a device you're only use a limited number of times, you might want to look into finding a company that offers the service in your area. There's a small company here in San Antonio that offered to do it for my dad, but he was persistent on having his own machine. The company recorded one VHS tape for free, like a sample, and the video quality was better than I thought it would be, and definitely better than what my dad ended up getting out of his machine. Edited May 26, 2015 by Gilbert 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxr dad Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Good point about the quality. I think I'll check into a company that does that and take it from there. Assuming they arent ridiculous in their pricing, it may be worth while to have the experienced folks do it. I have some really cool Motocross races of my son that I want to preserve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 DVD's are 480 PQ so it will be important keep as much PQ as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I realize thats the best you can get on dvd, but I think that either the recording head or software (?) the guy used made all the difference. Dads toshiba did a descent job, but the free recording was noticably better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I have done some transfers using a box that converts the audio and video stream to go over firewire into my PC (or Mac... I've done both), and the results are more to do with the playback deck/camera. Playback from the original recording deck/camera has been the best. I've pulled the resulting video into Adobe Premier Pro (other good programs would work as well), and been able to tweak the video further. Of course, this is extremely time consuming, considering it is imported in real time, not to mention the setup and times you screw up and have to start over. Beyond that, I wouldn't begin to try to do anything other than personal videos. Our school has a policy that we will NOT go from tape to DVD if the tape is currently available on DVD/BD. We have a librarian who works specifically on copyright compliance, and works to track down owners/producers/agents, to see who owns the material and if we can copy (for classroom purposes... it gets a bit vague and some will want to stretch how little we know into being able to make the copies). Most is if is just due diligence. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Hock shops and Goodwill's are rotten with them. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsoncookie Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 My Uncle just got this new DVD/ VCR--------- https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/157259-sanyo-making-new-vhsdvd-recorderplayer/#entry1883813 http://www.walmart.com/ip/SANYO-DVD-Recorder-VCR-Combo/44465826%C2'> Lars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsoncookie Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 http://www.walmart.com/ip/SANYO-DVD-Recorder-VCR-Combo/44465826 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxr dad Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 The problem I had is exactly as described by Marvel. Very time consuming and many times had to restart it for various unknown reasons. It just seems sometimes it worked great and other times it was frustrating enough to want to chunk it all in the garbage. I'm glad I can keep my temper down now that I'm older. Not sure that wouldve happened in my early years. Thanks for the links. I'll check em out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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