What I want to know is can I do it by hooking a vcr up to my dvd/vcr combo recorder? Any help is appreciated.
2007-03-11 15:14:47 · 8 answers · asked by Bobby S 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
What I want to know is can I do it by hooking a vcr up to my dvd/vcr combo recorder? Any help is appreciated
Thanks guys. I will try to do this. And yes it is just for my personal use. I would never sell it or anything that could end me up in jail.
2007-03-11 15:31:33 · update #1
as long as it is for your own personal use, and you are not selling it to other people. A lot of people transfer VHS movies to DVD, just for the fact of simplifing their collection. But yes you can copy, but dont try to sell it or rent it out or anything like that, otherwise, youd be up the creek.
2007-03-11 15:17:58 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, you need to defeat Macrovision, so I doubt it.
However, why are you still messing around with VHS tapes?
If you like that movie so much, buy the DVD. The video quality will be 5 times better, you get multi-channel sound, and all the DVD extras.
Even a used (but not scratched or damaged) DVD will give you better quality.
I understand copying personal recording, but copying VHS movies is a waste of time.
2007-03-11 16:53:55 · answer #2 · answered by TV guy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not the way you want to do it. You'll have to find a way around the Macrovision protection.
Your VCR and VCR/DVD combo are both Macrovision-compliant so it won't work.
Here's one way. Find a mid-90s Sony 8MM "Video8" camcorder that is not Macrovision-compliant. Connect the VCR's output to the camcorder's video input, and record. Then reverse the connections to copy back to VHS.
2007-03-11 15:25:11 · answer #3 · answered by greymatter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as you are using it for you own personal use, then it is totally legal. But there might be copy protection on the VHS and it will screw up your DVD. But go ahead and give it a try. It might work.
2007-03-11 15:17:59 · answer #4 · answered by Tumbling Dice 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um yeah. You can take said VHS and record it onto a DVD. Then take the DVD and play it on the tv and press record on a blank VHS. that should work.
Hope this helps!
-sirK
2007-03-11 15:17:55 · answer #5 · answered by -sirK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With newer equipment, it's protected so you can't record
or copy it. I've done it with really old vcr's before.
2007-03-11 15:23:35 · answer #6 · answered by cheyenneman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, as long as you don't copy it for purposes of selling it. This is the FBI warning that is shown before every movie
2007-03-11 15:38:11 · answer #7 · answered by Aaron L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's complicated, but yeah. Look it up on the net.
2007-03-15 11:08:11 · answer #8 · answered by Meagan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋