How To Convert VHS To DVD: Two Options For DIY

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How To Convert VHS To DVD: Two Options For DIY

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VHS to DVD transfers can be accomplished in a number of ways. You can pay a professional transfer company or you can also do it on your own – in a studio you set up in your home office, basement, or garage. The benefit you will get from a company is that the quality is usually much better than you might get from the equipment you would use to do it yourself. A pro transfer service, for instance, can give you some advantages that you may not otherwise be able to get – like color correction, digital restoration, and editing. So, if all you want are the basics, read on.

Here are two methods that you can use to learn how to convert VHS to DVD and accomplish the task of preserving your old analog home movies.

The first is to use a combo machine.
The second is to use a computer, capture device, and a DVD burner.

Combo Machine

A combo machine has both a VHS player and a DVD recorder built right into one single unit. This one unit can let you play a VHS tape on one side while copying directly to a blank DVD on the other. This has three disadvantages:

More expensive than any of the individual machines you need for the next method
Lower image resolution
No editing

Computer, Capture Device, and DVD Burner

Using a computer can allow you to transfer all kinds of magnetic video. Some formats that can be digitized are Beta, VHS-C, 8mm tape, Hi8, and miniDV. Here is what you need to conduct a DIY transfer in your own home studio.