Confused about vhs to dvd

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  1. cplove

    cplove Member

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    I am new to this and I have been reading all the threads I can about this and I'm confused. I want to copy vhs home movies and vhs copy protected movies to Dvd. I don't want to use the computer. Is this possible? I have a tv and a VHS. I assume I need to buy a DVD recorder and a macrovision remover to do this. Can someone suggest the best units to buy and can I find the macrovision remover in stores rather than on line? Your help will be much appreciated!!!
     
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    I don't think you will find anything in a retail store that would remove macrovision protection from a VCR tape - the market is too small.
    A possibility is to use an RF modulator.
    It takes the video and audio from the player and converts it to a TV signal - that signal is connected to the antenna input of the DVD recorder.
    These devices are quite common - around $10 - but I have never used one.
    This raises another problem, as there seem to be few recorders that now have an antenna input (they don't have tuners for over-the-air signals).
    Bear in mind that not all movie tapes have protection - I found that about a third of mine did.
     
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    I want to copy my vhs home movies to dvd. As I understand I only need a DVD recorder. Is this true and which recorder is the best. Thanks for any help!!!
     
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  5. robot1122

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    There are a few methods to convert VHS to DVD:

    Capture the video to the computer as MPEG-2 using hardware capture devices that convert the VHS to MPEG-2 as they capture and then author and burn a DVD.
    Connect your VHS VCR or camcorder to a standalone DVD recorder that works much like a VCR.
     
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    In my own case, I am using a combination VCR/DVD Recorder to convert my VHS tapes to DVD. When I started my project, I did not own a VCR, so I needed that anyway. I put the tape in one side of the unit and a blank DVD in the other side and hit the dubbing button. The tape plays and records to the DVD in real time. It can be as simple as that. The particular unit I bought was the Magnavox MWR20V6 available at Wal-Mart; it is probably the least expensive of the units. If I want to edit them later on, I can copy the files from the dubbed DVD to my computer hard drive and go from there.
     
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