VHS to DVD Conversion
Transferring VHS Video
to DVD Disk
Many people have a pile of old VHS tapes stuffed
in a box at the
back of a cupboard. These may contain videos of the kids when they
there young, your wedding or your treasured holiday vacation videos.
You should know that VHS tapes degrade over time and do not react
well to heat, moisture or magnetism.
Don't let this happen to your VHS tapes. Copy your VHS
tapes to DVD, before its to late.
It is time that you transferred
your VHS tapes to DVD. This will keep your videos safe. You
can even edit the movies and make backup DVD copies for secure storage and
preservation of your most precious memories.
A
common question is:
How do I convert a VHS video to DVD?
This site will show you how to do this.
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VHS Tapes Degrade over time
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Methods for transferring VHS
tapes to DVD disk
 1)
The easiest method is to use a VHS to DVD transfer service.
You give them your VHS
tapes and they will transfer the tapes to DVD disc for you. This will
often cost in the region of $30 - $50 per tape for a good quality
service. There are many cheaper VHS to DVD services around, but do
you really want to trust your precious tapes to the lowest bidder!
See
VHS to DVD Services.
2) The second method is to purchase a VHS to DVD Combo VCR machine.
These are still widely available and a good one will cost a few hundred
dollars.
See
VHS to DVD using a VCR/DVD combo.
3) The third method is to purchase an analog to digital converter
and
use your existing VCR machine (or buy a new one).
See
VHS to DVD Analog to digital converters.
In most cases the conversion from VHS to DVD format will give you a DVD disk that will play on your computer and in most DVD-Video
players. Note
that some older DVD players may not playback a DVD disk that you
produce yourself.
 Once in digital format on the DVD disk you can use video editing software
to edit your old video footage. You will be amazed at the difference
that you can make to your old films.
It is a good idea to keep your old VHS tapes safe, just in case something
happens to your DVD copies.
 There are lots of different types of video tapes including VHS tape,
VHS-C tape, super VHS tape as well as a range of totally different formats such
as Hi8 and Digital 8 video tapes form Sony. Finally DV mini tapes
were also widely used.
See
types of video tapes.
This web site concentrates on converting VHS tapes to a DVD
disk.
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