First off let me say that I am new here and I have not figured this board out yet. Thank you though, for the info I have received so far, I am very grateful, as I have been a lurker for some time... My question tho is this, I have read several posts about converting VHS to DVD and the macrovision and all that. I have a ton of VHS movies that I bought for my kids through the years and would like to convert these to DVD. I have seen some info on hardware and what not but I am hoping I can get some detailed answers. I would rather not purchase anything because I don't plan on buying any more VHS tapes, but I have probably around 100 or so that I want to convert. I have a TV capture card, but it is out of date. Would someone please tell me the best way to get a high quality backup of these movies? I have experience and software to do most the conversions really (probably) but what is my best route??? Thanks for the help, and I apologize now, because I know the info is already here somewhere, I just can't seem to get the answers I am looking for.
ahh yes, I came up with the Grex. I have seen this in some posts before. Thank you! I noticed on the compatibility list, my DVD+RW is not listed tho... is it really necessary to upgrade? It seems an obvious answer, but I have been doing DVD backups for some time with the one I have now... although I do need another since this one is over a year old now! I am answering my own question! lol Thanks for the help!
I Use A Sima GoDvd CT-200 Too Copy All My Tapes To Dvd And It Works Perfectly For Both Pal & NTSC It Also Works To Convert Pal To Ntsc or Ntsc To Pal All So Works Excellenty For Converting Disney Movies To Dvd
I Use A Sima GoDvd CT-200 Too Copy All My Tapes To Dvd And It Works Perfectly For Both Pal & NTSC It Also Works To Convert Pal To Ntsc or Ntsc To Pal All So Works Excellenty For Converting Disney Movies To Dvd http://cgi.ebay.com/Sima-GODVD-GO-D...14&_trkparms=72:1205|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318 I Know Price Is A Little Bit High But The Work Top Notch
4 or 5 different kinds of macrovision protection were used on VHS tapes over the years.. None of the boxes to the best of my knowledge will remove all types. They usually say in the small print which type(s) they will remove. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrovision
Cool.. can't get that particular device over here.. They have been banned.. Tried importing a few last year but they were held at customs and aren't much use being as they are ntsc. Maybe in the US they only used one or two types.. I know here that at least 4 and maybe 6 different methods were used, some which (like suppressing the line sync pulse) were never used on North American systems because they would result in an unplayable tape with the differences in requirements (lack of line flywheel sync) of the vcr and tv technology.. No single box I have found has been able to strip every kind. Some do most, but there are always the odd ones that cause problems and a hunt through the stack of boxes to find the one that works. There was a very high level of "piracy" in the vhs era here. I wasn't saying that isn't a good box.. just that you can't guarantee 100% that it will work outside North America.
Still not much good if you can't get them through customs. I'm starting to think you have a financial interest in that ebay listing. How about macrovision-ILS then.. does it deal with that as used on philips v2000 rental tapes?
I am a little confused, I see a lot of these posts referencing a home theater type DVD recorder. My intentions were to transfer the VHS movie to my computer and then burn it to DVD. I know that I have not had much of a problem with protection in the past, I have used dvd decryptor for quite some time. I am not sure if it is that, or the burner in my PC that strips the protection. Is it necessary to use the stabilizer for my application? or can I simply capture the video through my S-Video/ tv capture card and burn it? Is it possible, with this GODVD device (or any other device for that matter) to enhance the VHS to a more DVD quality?? or am I simply better off to download and burn a DVDrip of the movies I wish to keep?
You say you are converting movie VHS to dvd but isn't there a copyright. I have just sent a load of old vhs movies to http://www.video-to-dvd.co.uk here and they say that even though they are for private use I still need permission is this the case? How did you get around this?
Shummyr, After reading your post and several others, I purchased a Sima CT-200 to convert my VHS to DVD and was highly disappointed in the video qaulity. Perhaps it would look better on a small screen or on my pc, but on a large screen TV is really bad. There are no smooth lines, but rather blocked edges, especially on areas of dark and light contrast. I clicked through each of the "enhancement" modes to to no avail. The VHS tapes are not old and haven't been played much. Each picture appears flawless when the VHS is played to the same large screen TV. Its the digital version that looks like crap. Did you have this problem? Any ideas what might be wrong? Did I get ripped off on my purchse of the CT-200? Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated. I've got so much time wasted at this point, I'm ready to give up. Just to be sure this isn't (or shouldn't be) a compression issue, all of the VHS tapes I have been trying to copy to DVD are all between 1.5 hours and 2.0 hours in length. I set my DVD recorder to record at the SSP rate (2hr). Due to the poor results of the < 2 hour length VHS tapes, I haven't even tried to convert any VHS tapes that are longer than 2 hours of recorded material.
No I Have Not Had That Problem Mine Were Just As Clear as a tape My tapes i converted were from 2 years old to 20+ years old take note though it just makes an exact duplicate of the tape Try the unit on a different dvd recorder because i had that trouble and switched recorders and it went away after the first tape i did 1 tape it did what it did to you i switched recorders it cured my problem shummyr
Thanks much for your reply. When I started oout on this project I was hoping for an EXACT copy of my VHS tapes because the tapes are in great shape and have much better picture quality than the DVD copy. So, I am going to take your advice and try a different recorder and see what happens. My hope was/is to get the same great quality copies I've read everyone else is getting. Thanks again.
You could try "VHS to DVD 3.0 Deluxe", which I have used to copy home videos from my VHS to my computer then burn to DVD. I have even copied a few Original prerecorded tapes (a few Disney, and others), and the quality is as good as the VHS tape. I found the program at BJ's wholesale club, but have seen it in other stores as well, and the cost is not bad, about $50.00. As I don't know where you are located this is just a suggestion you may want to look into, if you are in the US, if somewhere else you can see if you can find it. What's great about this program is that it comes with a connector for your computer and connects easily to you VHS player, and is very easy to use. You can even set a timer for the length of the movie, go away and come back when the movie is over, and you will have a perfect copy. Just read the instructions that come with the program and you can start copying the same day. Hope this helps, good luck.
That's strange because they did my vhs tapes no problem. All I had to do was sign a disclaimer. The other company you could try is http://www.vt.tv here and this other company (think the same) http://www.cine-to-dvd-transfer.co.uk
