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Post by Iron Chef Mandy on Jul 22, 2011 2:25:48 GMT -5
Okay, this is going to sound heavily stupid. So hear me out.
I have... Oh... More than enough VHS tapes of Iron Chef battles that I recorded in high school. Which means that I've had them for about six years or so. I'd like to move them to DVD so I don't have to pack all of the tapes.
What would I need in order to switch these from VHS to DVD?
And if you can give me some directions that don't have as many big words in them, that would be very helpful. I'm sort of blonde, so I don't know a lot of big words.
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greatsg
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Post by greatsg on Jul 22, 2011 4:51:16 GMT -5
The easiest route might be to get a Recordable DVD player. You can then either hook it up so that you can record what is on the VHS tapes onto the DVDs, or you can find a model that already has the VCR built into it, not sure how common or expensive those are anymore.
The good thing about those is that a good one will allow what you record to the DVD to be separate files from the moment you hit record until you press stop. My father has a setup like this and it works really well for him.
If you want to be more thorough and technical, you'll need a lot of hard drive space on your computer, a capture card device that can hook up A/V cables, and DVD editing and burning software. XD
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Post by Iron Chef Mandy on Jul 23, 2011 1:26:48 GMT -5
The easiest route might be to get a Recordable DVD player. You can then either hook it up so that you can record what is on the VHS tapes onto the DVDs, or you can find a model that already has the VCR built into it, not sure how common or expensive those are anymore. The good thing about those is that a good one will allow what you record to the DVD to be separate files from the moment you hit record until you press stop. My father has a setup like this and it works really well for him. I have a DVD/VHS player, but I don't know if that's a recordable DVD player. It's in my brother's room. I've never actually looked at it before.
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Post by Man Alive! on Aug 3, 2011 1:35:21 GMT -5
You should check the model number on the machine and post it here. Maybe we'll be able to help you out!
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Post by Iron Chef Mandy on Aug 3, 2011 22:39:01 GMT -5
I asked my brother and he said it didn't work. I'm almost considering waiting until I move into an apartment (which won't be too long from now) before buying one of those VCR/DVD combos.
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Post by Iron Chef Mandy on Aug 31, 2011 21:19:47 GMT -5
You should check the model number on the machine and post it here. Maybe we'll be able to help you out! After plugging in the VCR/DVD combination last night, we have a working machine. It's an Insignia, IS-DVD040924.
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Post by Man Alive! on Sept 1, 2011 1:18:34 GMT -5
I was hoping it would be one of those machines with a one-touch VHS to DVD transfer, but it looks like your machine doesn't actual record to DVD-R discs at all. Unless the specifications I'm reading on the internet are inaccurate, I don't think you'll be able to record to DVDs with that machine.
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Post by Iron Chef Mandy on Sept 1, 2011 10:24:54 GMT -5
^ See, that's what I thought. I would have to get something to plug into the machine in order to transfer episodes?
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Post by Man Alive! on Sept 7, 2011 17:21:31 GMT -5
You'd need to connect your machine to the input jacks of a DVD recorder in order to transfer the episodes.
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Post by Iron Chef Mandy on Sept 16, 2011 15:34:37 GMT -5
You'd need to connect your machine to the input jacks of a DVD recorder in order to transfer the episodes. Okay, that's what I thought. I'm in the middle of family-related issues, so my tapes are packed up. When I move, I'm going out to buy one of those things so I can transfer. Thanks.
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