What's the easiest, cheapest way to RIP videos from a VHS ?

Question

I have a few VHS tapes that i would like to copy to my computer in standard movie format. What's the easiest and cheapest way to copy movies from a VHS tape to a computer ?

Answer 1

Here's a helpful guide for transferring videos to a computer:
http://www.digitalvideoclub.com/basics/transfer.php
see Section 3. Analog video capturing

but personally, the easiest way was to use a stand-alone DVD recorder or combo VHS/DVD recorder like this one - http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=LVC-9016G&cat=CON - and rip the video from the DVD to the computer.

Answer 2

are you talking camcorder tapes, or pre-recorded movies? movies have a copyright signal and most legal software and dual deck recorders will reject any attempt to copy them.