Need to convert VHS tapes to other VHS or DVD...?

Question

Where can I do this without buying the equipment myself? If I did it myself, what equipment would I need?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Every major hotel and conference/convention center has an audio-visual company servicing it which should have the capability of doing this because they do it for businesses doing presentations. Look under Audio-Visual or Audio-Video services in the Yellow Pages or call the nearest convention level hotel.

Answer 2

You're going to need a recorder that either goes from vhs to vhs or vhs to dvd. Transfering from vhs to vhs will be cheaper and just a warning that going from one format to another won't increase the quality of the video. I don't know of any way of having it done somewhere else unless a friend or someone you know has this equipment.

Answer 3

Usually digital-printing shops like Prints of the City, Ritz camera etc- offer VHS copying services. Don't know what they charge, though.

If you're going to do it yourself, I recommend

1) Transfer to DVD, not another VHS since players are getting harder to find by the day

2) Get a DVD/VHS recorder that's an all-one one unit, don't get separate components.

Places like Best Buy have older DVD recorders on sale now- there's high demand for upconvert units (which convert the output to high-definition format for HDTV) so basic recorders are a bargain.

Answer 4

Not to tell you to buy equipment, but walmart had a VHS copier for cheap and you could always take it back ;-) I tried rigging something with my VCR and DVD REcorder, but theres more invested in those and time. Its worth buying the equipment

Answer 5

You will need two VCRs . One has to be a multi system recorder and the other a normal VCR. Play it in the normal
VCR / VCP and record it in the multi system VCR.

DVD recording, on the other hand requires a multisystem VCR that can be connected to a DVD Writer. But remember this will not change a VCD to a DVD. Doing this takes more than a normal DVD Writer and a normal multiple system VCR.
This is because of the different encoding of the DVD and the VCD.

Good Luck ! !

Answer 6

They now make DVD and VHS combo that will record VHS onto DVD. Ours is a Magnavox and cost around $130. That was a year or so ago, you might be able to one up cheaper now.

Answer 7

Yu will want to do it yourself because it will be cheaper than having someone else do it. And to do it yourself all you would need is a VCR/DVD recorder, they're not really that expensive to buy, and pretty easy to use. just put in the tape and then press record on the DVD side and that's really about it.

Answer 8

You would need to get a DVR.. this would allow you to make your VHS tapes into DVD's - They aren't really cheap but they get the job done. Good Luck!

Answer 9

They have DVDR with vcr's built into them. They are getting pretty cheap. They convert the videos very easily.

Otherwise it will take a computer with a DVDR drive built in with a frame grabber card (video card with inputs for video/audio) and a knowledge of video converting.... It gets complicated this way.

Seriously the DVDR + VCR is the easiest.