VHS Player/DVD Recorders

[elektrolokomotive]

My stepkids have an astounding amount of VHS tapes that take up a bunch of space. I'd like to stamp out videotapes in my lifetime, but it would be pretty cost-prohibitive, and in some cases probably not possible to just go out and buy the DVD versions of their existing library.

I saw a magazine ad for a Panasonic unit, IIRC, that records VHS tapes to DVD. Has anyone had any experience with these? Do other manufacturers make these? What are the pros and cons here?

 

[Isocene]

Father got that Panasonic 3 weeks ago. I set it up a few days ago and tried it out on a few tapes and it worked great. It almost seemed like the quality was better after it was on a DVD-R lol.

He wanted to backup all of old videos of the kids growing up. Its going to be perfect and it is not difficult to use.

Also was the cheapest out of the ones I saw. The quality ones that is.

Picked it up at Circuit City.

If you dont mind the price. You will be happy with it.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: elektrolokomotive
My stepkids have an astounding amount of VHS tapes that take up a bunch of space. I'd like to stamp out videotapes in my lifetime, but it would be pretty cost-prohibitive, and in some cases probably not possible to just go out and buy the DVD versions of their existing library.

I saw a magazine ad for a Panasonic unit, IIRC, that records VHS tapes to DVD. Has anyone had any experience with these? Do other manufacturers make these? What are the pros and cons here?

its not legal to do that really. also you'll end up with some crappy looking dvds.

 

[elektrolokomotive]

Originally posted by: Hammer

Originally posted by: elektrolokomotive
My stepkids have an astounding amount of VHS tapes that take up a bunch of space. I'd like to stamp out videotapes in my lifetime, but it would be pretty cost-prohibitive, and in some cases probably not possible to just go out and buy the DVD versions of their existing library.

I saw a magazine ad for a Panasonic unit, IIRC, that records VHS tapes to DVD. Has anyone had any experience with these? Do other manufacturers make these? What are the pros and cons here?

its not legal to do that really. also you'll end up with some crappy looking dvds.

Why wouldn't it be legal? I'm essentially making a backup copy for personal use, not distribution.

 

[Isocene]

Originally posted by: Hammer

its not legal to do that really. also you'll end up with some crappy looking dvds.

Thats not true on the quality. I was using the Spiderman 2 movie and it looked the same if not smoother.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: elektrolokomotive

Originally posted by: Hammer

Originally posted by: elektrolokomotive
My stepkids have an astounding amount of VHS tapes that take up a bunch of space. I'd like to stamp out videotapes in my lifetime, but it would be pretty cost-prohibitive, and in some cases probably not possible to just go out and buy the DVD versions of their existing library.

I saw a magazine ad for a Panasonic unit, IIRC, that records VHS tapes to DVD. Has anyone had any experience with these? Do other manufacturers make these? What are the pros and cons here?

its not legal to do that really. also you'll end up with some crappy looking dvds.

Why wouldn't it be legal? I'm essentially making a backup copy for personal use, not distribution.

the change of format.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: Isocene

Originally posted by: Hammer

its not legal to do that really. also you'll end up with some crappy looking dvds.

Thats not true on the quality. I was using the Spiderman 2 movie and it looked the same if not smoother.

think about it. you're going from analog to digital. its like copying a casette to cd.

 

[Bateluer]

The quality will likely go down, but its perfectly legal for you to make backup copies of your VHs tapes. VHS tape will deteriorate with time, DVDs will last a LOT longer. You already paid for the tapes, no reason why you shouldn't be able to keep them.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
The quality will likely go down, but its perfectly legal for you to make backup copies of your VHs tapes. VHS tape will deteriorate with time, DVDs will last a LOT longer. You already paid for the tapes, no reason why you shouldn't be able to keep them.

no, its not perfectly legal. please check your facts. you don't own the tape, you own the license. while i think its is morally ok, its certainly not legally ok.