Converting VHS to DVD

[WaylonJennings]

They sell machines that can do this, right?

Or can you take your old tapes into, say, Best Buy and pay them a surcharge to make DVDs for you?

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

I don't know that Best Buy would do it. But I'd bet a local, small business type store would be able to do it.

Found this by googling VHS to DVD:

http://www.signvideo.com/conv-v-to-d.htm

 

[slappy4428]

There are companies that do it, but it's easy to do. Do some research before you buy the machine.
But remember, the VHS tape isn't going to come out crystal clear in DVD...

 

[expendable]

I have one of those machines under my bed. My mother-in-law bought one, because she wants me to convert a bunch of VHS home movies to DVD. So, they do sell the machines, but I really don't feel much like taking the time to do this.

 

[Bud_Bundy]

Both my family and my wife's family had a ton of old 8mm movies converted to DVD. On my side, we found a video business that did it for us. On my wife's side, I think our brother-in-law, who's a video buff, did it.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Any idea how much those machines cost?

I have about 60 tapes I'd like to convert, and am wondering if it's worth the money/trouble.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

I bought one for well under $100. It's one of the best toys I have.

Home movies, tons of old games, all converted to DVD.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

I bought one for well under $100. It's one of the best toys I have.

Home movies, tons of old games, all converted to DVD.

Nice. Do they sell them at Best Buy and such?

Also, how long does it take to convert a tape to a DVD time-wise?

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

There are companies that do it, but it's easy to do. Do some research before you buy the machine.
But remember, the VHS tape isn't going to come out crystal clear in DVD...

I had read a lot that the content of recordable DVDs fall apart after a few years

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

I have a little machine which does the job, but damn does it take time.

If you have 60 tapes to do it might take years. You might want to just pay someone to do it for you.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

Norm,

I bought it at Best Buy. I think it was $79 or thereabouts.

I had hundreds of football/baseball games on tape going back to the early 1980s and was told in no uncertain terms that the **** wouldn't be lugged on our next move. The transfer takes as long as what's on the tape. That's one of the drawbacks. Put something in and go mow the yard. Or you can edit out things and set aside/label chapters and stuff like that.

 

[OTD]

These machines show up on Woot from time to time.

 

[Clerk Typist]

What Lee said. But buy a machine with a hard drive that you dump the tape contents to first, then author the DVD after chopping out excess material, or rearranging the order of what you're keeping. Highly recommended.

 

[alleyallen]

I was looking for something exactly like this recently, after cleaning out the closet in my home's office. But considering the price of DVDs, it would almost be cheaper to just buy the movies on disc instead.

That being said, there are about a dozen tapes with stuff that CAN'T be bought on DVD.