this board is usually the source of knowledge - I want some software that digitises VHS

there looks to be quite a few products around, anyone got any suggestions about what definitely works

requirements are for me to play old vhs tapes into my laptop, convert to digital format, save on external hard drive or burn onto dvd

also, the only vhs player I have has a scart output, can I get a splitter to separate video from audio or do I need a vhs player with separate outputs

I understand that some of the software products have synchronisation issues, are there any other pitfalls I need to be aware of

thanks in advance, Dave

 

Best way is a DVD /VHS/Hard Drive recorder. They are for nothing now. Slot in your VHS tape copy to hard Drive and then dubb to DVD SORTED

 

Do you lose any quality in the crossover?

 

bugger - just bought another external drive and dvd writer especially for this nt

 

this looks good to me -can't be bad for £155

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000OVTLHI/interactiveda3033-21</p>

http://www.digital-point.co.uk/model.php?ID=2912&amp;referrer=pricerunner</p>

 

No not a lot if you use 1 hour recordings on the DVD The only problem I found is VHS tapes I bought rather than recorded from TV or via my camcorder, tend to have some sort of protection. I have archived most of my old recordings.

 

RE: this looks good to me -can't be bad for £155

The recorder with a Hard Drive is worth the extra brass.

 

Often wondered about the dvd recorder vhs combi

Whether that would record the same quality the reasoning being there are less leads.

 

how much more?

I've quite a few VHS tapes i'd like to copy and the DVD recorder is getting on a bit

 

RE: how much more?

I have a Toshiba RDXV47 VCR/DVD/HDD Combi - Amazon £180. Archived most of my VHS collection to DVD via its hard drive. Except those with MacroVision Copy protection. (Y)