want to upload a VHS vid to a disk/pc.....how?

spinningsheep

Hi hope someone on here can help me on this one. I have recently found a load of old videos and been given an old VCR which is still in A1 condition, and I want to copy some of these videos onto a DVD and some upload on to my laptop, can someone tell me how I can go about this easily and cheaply

crampo_2

Dad uses this,

You will ned a VCR and this or something similar
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Plug in all the needed cables, Then just pretty much install the software if it comes with it, if not i think you'll have to download it. Press record on the software and play on the vcr.

flashg67

I must admit I've had mixed results wih the capture devices like crampo has linked to. By all means try, as they're quite cheap but I've had quality issues and sound synch problems in the past.

You can't improve the quality either, they'll always only look as good as ( or slightly worse than) the original VHS recording.

If you have access to a stand alone DVD recorder, this is the best way IMO to get the best quality copy, although if they're commercial VHS tapes, you'll run into copy protect problems