I do not have a vhs player anymore and would like to watch these again but wonder if i need to purchase a vhs/dvd recorder etc.
That High Street chain that is bombarding us with Christmas adverts right now has plenty of cheap combined VHS/DVD machines, and if you've got so many tapes to copy, you might as well get a decent machine to do it on. I got one for about £250 and it really IS a case of putting the tape in one slot and the right sort of recordable DVD in the other, press a few buttons and "you're away with the mixer" (and I've just realised what I said - but no pun intended!!!). Bear in mind that if you get a cheap machine, you'll get "cheap" results - I bought a cheap VHS machine from the same outlet, and I had two replacements before I gave it up and bought a better machine!
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 at 2:48 am
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December 20th, 2006 at 1:49 am
ether a 2 in one dvd vhs recorder. or buy a second hand VHS player or borrow one from a friend.
Either plug in a DV camcorder and record to the camera; you can then put this onto a pc and edit/burn to dvd.
Or, buy a DVD recorder and plug the video player into that, press record on the DVD recorder and play on the video and wait
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December 20th, 2006 at 1:50 am
I think you will need to buy a VHS player and a DVD recorder, you can probably get them both together for under £100 if you shopped around.
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December 20th, 2006 at 1:51 am
Yep or get a jumper and use the dvd burner on your computer. Then get a used vhs player for around 20 dollars. You can get a good combo unit for around a hundred bucks. If you have a lot of tapes it would be worth it compared to having a pro do it.
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December 20th, 2006 at 1:53 am
Hmm……i don't know if it is possible to do it yourself but some electonic shops do transfer from vhs to dvd.
The problem is that not all the dvd players read the dvd's whilst vhs players can read all the video tapes. I know that nowadays nobody uses vhs player but i believe they are still the best.
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December 20th, 2006 at 1:53 am
Have you tried looking on the Internet, I have not heard of a one particular single device or machine that would perform this function, but have seen adverts stating that they can do it, good luck and Merry Christmas.
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December 20th, 2006 at 1:56 am
If you have a camcorder and a socket on the back called s video and a cable called s video, the chepest way to to transfer your stuff to DVD is to plug this s video lead into a special socket on the back of your PC (if you don't have an s video cable, you can buy it for about £10 from Argos and places like it). However, if like me, you don't have an s video socket/cable, then the cheapest way is to buy a dvd video recorder as you said. If you have a camcorder, make sure it has sockets for the audio visual leads from your camcorder to plug into, so that you can transfer future footage direct from the camcorder to the DVD recorder if you need to.
NB. There are shops where they will do it for you (my local one charges £12 per video to make into a DVD). However, I think that using a DVD recorder/computer is cheaper if like me, you've got lots of footage to transfer, especially if you ask for the DVD recorder to be a xmas/birthday present!
Hope this answer helps!
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December 20th, 2006 at 1:59 am
It really all depends on how many VHS tapes you want to put onto DVD. If you have lots, it would probably be more economical to buy a VHS player. You can pick them up very cheaply these days. Depending on what software you have on your PC, it is possible to connect the VCR directly to your PC, copy the film to the hard drive and then make a DVD from there. If you only have a few films, it may not be worth buying a VCR, but could be worth approaching one of the many firms around who will do the copying to DVD for you. This can be expensive, so is only worth doing if you have just a few films.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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December 20th, 2006 at 2:39 am
That High Street chain that is bombarding us with Christmas adverts right now has plenty of cheap combined VHS/DVD machines, and if you've got so many tapes to copy, you might as well get a decent machine to do it on. I got one for about £250 and it really IS a case of putting the tape in one slot and the right sort of recordable DVD in the other, press a few buttons and "you're away with the mixer" (and I've just realised what I said - but no pun intended!!!). Bear in mind that if you get a cheap machine, you'll get "cheap" results - I bought a cheap VHS machine from the same outlet, and I had two replacements before I gave it up and bought a better machine!
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