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post #1 of 4
6/16/11 at 12:31am
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Hi. My old VHS is slowly giving up the ghost and so we have decided to move with the times and get one of those DVD/HDD recorder things. The problem is that we have a stack of store bought videos that my kids still want to watch. I'm not looking to start a pirate movie business but I think it fair for me to copy those movies over to DVD for personal use. Does anyone have any suggestions or links that can help? Cheers in advance.  

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post #2 of 4
6/21/11 at 6:07am

Welcome to HTF. If you read the following recent thread in this same forum, you will discover why discussion of copying media is not allowed here.

 

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/312159/vhs-to-dvd#post_3823538

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post #3 of 4
7/6/11 at 8:57am
I believe circumventing copyright protection is what's not permitted. Moving VHS to a DVD backup shouldn't be a problem.

There are players that will do it for you (VHS and DVD in the same unit). To do it yourself you'll need a video capture card. The downside is that the copying is real-time, and the video quality will be just as bad as the VHS, maybe a bit worse. It's probably better all around (cost and quality) to just go pick those movies up used on DVD.
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post #4 of 4
7/8/11 at 6:11am
The original poster asked about copying "store bought" VHS tapes to DVD. That will almost always involve circumventing Macrovision copy protection, which is a forbidden topic here.
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