VHS to DVD gizmo
 

I wish someone would invent a good gizmo to transfer VHS tapes to DVD, I bought one a couple years back, you connected it to your VCR and computer, it was a NIGHTMARE! I think it would sell really well, we have a lot of old movies that you can't buy on DVD. Ok, that's all I can think of to complain about this morning.

My hubby has a DVD recorder that will tape from VHS to DVD. He did all my Carol Burnett tapes for me. However they are pricey. I think we gave about 300.00 for ours.

can you give me the brand, where he got it? it is pricey but we've got waaaayy more than that in tapes, we still have a player but it's a pain to connect each time and DVD's take up so much less room!

I would like the brand name too. I have so many VCR tapes and I would like to transfer them to a DVD.

It may be this one:
http://www.amazon.com/HP-DVD-Movie-W...pr_product_top

But be sure to read all of the review comments to be sure you have a setup that would be compatible.

I have a Magnavox VHS/ DVD recorder. $200.00 from Amazon. I've had no problems with it. http://www.amazon.com/Magnavox-ZV427...s+dvd+recorder

I totally agree with you. I think Sony had a product out but I don't know how good it was. There were also units that contain a writable DVD player and a VHS unit. My friend has one. Thought one day I would choose my favorite episodes of Simply Quilts and put them onto a DVD.

I wish I had kept some of my VHS tapes because I cannot find them in DVD format. Especially I wish I still had my Richard Simmons dancing to Broadway tunes.

If you have a Sam"s club, check there. I bought mine there for 200 a couple years ago and it works well.

I have a question......do these machines copy a pre-recorded VHS, such as Disney tapes, to a blank dvd disc?I have so many purchased from Disney over the years for my girls and they still have their favorites (i.e., Sleeping Beauty, Little Mermaid). It would be great if I could just copy those VHS tapes onto a disc. Please advise!!

You probably need one extra gizmo to do that. See this thread:
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/2...opy-Protection
and the gizmo that costs about $20 here:
http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/80-4280

We had one of these (I think it was JVC brand) and it was a nightmare. I managed to get about 3 movies from it that actually worked. These were only home videos-I was never able to do it with prerecorded movies. Sometimes it would appear to make a dvd successfully but then it wouldn't play. Sometimes it would get about 75% done and an error message would pop up. It was in the shop twice (during the warranty) and then i finally gave up and filed a claim with the extended warranty (through squaretrade) and got my money back for it. I ended up using a service for all of our home movies.

Ours is a Panasonic and it was purchased about 5-6 years ago and it works just fine. The dvds aren't the same quality as the a store bought one but it is pretty good. I believe ours was 400.00 at the time but they have come down over the last 3 or 4 years.

Edit: yes, ours will copy a pre recorded vhs. That is the whole point of the machine.

Edit again: Ok, I'm wrong, won't record copy writed materials. Just our own vhs we have recorded over the years.

Oh I should have mentioned that the few dvds that did record on our old machine will not play on any other machine so far. We've tried 4 that we've owned and my inlaws too. They did play on the machine they were recorded on.

Mine is a Sharp and it is so complicated its not worth using.
Yes it records old VHS to DVD. Have not used it in years but as I recall you could only play the disks on it.

I have a Sony DVD recorder which is connected to my VCR then to the TV. Works great. I also have a Magnavox VCR/DVD recorder I got at Walmart. Was about $250 and works great. I too have a BUNCH of tapes I am transferring over to DVD. The Sony was about the same price. Just be sure to read the manual so you know how to use it properly. You have to be sure to finalize the discs or they won't play on another DVD player. Your manual will tell you how.

CD/DVD converrter
 

I bought a Sony and it is very easy although you do need a VCR player to run the tape and transfer to the little Sony converter. Very easy to do. I had many recorded shows of Simply Quilts that I transferred. You do not need to connect the VCR player to anything else. It was around $150, or 200. (can't remember) but lots cheaper than paying someone to convert them. I thought I was through then someone gave me tapes.

thanks for all the help and suggestions, I'm probably out of luck because it is purchased VHS tapes that I wanted to transfer

If they're available on dvd, you can them pretty cheap (sometimes used, sometimes new) on Amazon.

Did you check out the websites I posted above? They discuss this kind of transfer.

My son copied mine on to DVD's too... I had about 18 family VHS's... they were going mouldy... we lost a few but managed to copy most of them.,... so nice to have and the family appreciate seeing their children (now teenagers) when they were little... I was always out and about at family gatherings with my camera.

I have the ultrasounds of my kids, plus their growing up years on vhs, I would love to put them on disc some day before the recordings are ruined.