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need to convert home video tapes to DVD...any suggestions?

tv card

what format are the "home video tapes" ?

feed them to a video input/RCA and record them on your computer and then burn them to DVD

i need to do this with a bunch of 8 mm tapes from the '90's someday
 
Plug VCR into TV tuner card. Playback and capture to hard drive. Burn to DVD.

If they are all just "home" movies, any card, including ATI will do. ATI software will detect copyrighted VHS video and cease capturing, all without telling you. So non-ATI, a hauppage card, would be a better choice.
 
Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
there are DVD-recorder/VCR combos. My dad bought one and it seems to work well enough 🙂
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same. my dad just got one. it works fine for for this
 
We bought my Dad a set-top DVD recorder for Christmas this year. It's a Pioneer model. It has AV inputs right on the front, all you'd have to do is plug in a camcorder, hit play on it, and record on the DVDs.

That's going to be your easiest method probably. Set top DVD Recorders are pretty cheap now, easily under $150 (under $100 if you get a deal on a no-name brand)
 
how do these handle commercial VHS tapes. We have a bunch of Disney tapes that I would love to archive to DVD. Vehicle has a DVD system in it and this would make travel alot easier
 
Originally posted by: MrBond
We bought my Dad a set-top DVD recorder for Christmas this year. It's a Pioneer model. It has AV inputs right on the front, all you'd have to do is plug in a camcorder, hit play on it, and record on the DVDs.

That's going to be your easiest method probably. Set top DVD Recorders are pretty cheap now, easily under $150 (under $100 if you get a deal on a no-name brand)
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Cyberhome has one for $100 that an EXCELLENT unit. Plays Divx/Xvid, PAL and records to DVD+R/W & DVD-R/W. Naturally its region free. Only thing I can complain about is the horrible remote.
 
Originally posted by: NutBucket
Originally posted by: MrBond
We bought my Dad a set-top DVD recorder for Christmas this year. It's a Pioneer model. It has AV inputs right on the front, all you'd have to do is plug in a camcorder, hit play on it, and record on the DVDs.

That's going to be your easiest method probably. Set top DVD Recorders are pretty cheap now, easily under $150 (under $100 if you get a deal on a no-name brand)
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Cyberhome has one for $100 that an EXCELLENT unit. Plays Divx/Xvid, PAL and records to DVD+R/W & DVD-R/W. Naturally its region free. Only thing I can complain about is the horrible remote.
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Is it the 1600?
 
Originally posted by: FreshPrince
does anyone know if the standalone ones have editing capabilities? or it's just straight copy only?
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I didn't play around too much with the one we got my Dad, other than to help him set it up and show him how to use it. It didn't appear to have great editing capibilities, pretty much anything you could do on a VCR you could do with this DVD Recorder.

There are some with built in hard disk drives (I think Pioneer makes one of those too) that probably extend your editing capibilities a little bit, but it's still not going to be what you can do on a computer.
 
Originally posted by: FreshPrince
does anyone know if the standalone ones have editing capabilities? or it's just straight copy only?
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once it's on DVD you can rip the DVD to a computer and use any video editing program you like. I believe there is some basic video editing in the machine my dad has (a Toshiba, I think) but for anything more complex you'll want to bring it back to a computer.

For that matter, if you want to bring it back to a PC anyway, you may as well just get a card with a video in and record straight to the computer.
 
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