Know the place and know the owners. They do very good work.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:03 AM, B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Resurrecting this thread to mention a place in NOLA that does this
> archiving for you.
>
> http://www.memorylanetodvd.com/
>
> Brett
>
> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Petri Laihonen <pietu@weblizards.net>
> wrote:
> > I've used those combo devices before. That is definitely the easiest way.
> > (Does not for commercial VHS's though)
> > The lowest common denominator is the VHS. That is the on which sets the
> > quality.
> >
> > The level of quality, or lack thereof, is best observed via HD TV.
> > Better viewing experience with old fashioned SD TV.
> >
> > P
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Jonathan Roberts <gremln007@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks, James and Techmaster. You bring up lots of things I hadn't
> >> considered (obviously!)
> >>
> >> I do happen to have one of those combo units with VCR and DVD. I'll
> have
> >> to try it sometime to see how good or bad it really is.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 6:34 PM, James Hess <mysidia@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Jonathan Roberts <gremln007@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > Although I wonder why a VCR plugged into a decent video card isn't
> easy
> >>> > enough for someone to do this themselves?
> >>>
> >>> Maybe deceptively easy.... easy to get results, but (perhaps) a bit
> >>> tedious, or requiring trial and error, and a lot of work, to get
> >>> satisfying results. It might make sense to do it yourself if say you
> >>> have 50 VHS tapes, and prfessionals charge per tape. But for say 5
> >>> tapes, you could probably find someone to convert for less cost
> >>> than the hardware needed :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Need a good video capture card, such as a Hauppage card, or external
> >>> device, whichever you choose needs to be supported by your system,
> >>> with inputs that match your VCR's output types (usually composite IN
> >>> for video and 2xRCA RCA IN for Audio), and a decent choice of VCR.
> >>> But the quality may not be so great, if the tape is not in shiny new
> >>> condition.
> >>>
> >>> A professional service might have a better chance of picking the best
> >>> equipment to use for highest quality playback of your source, or
> >>> proper use of video filters and other equipment to "clean up" or
> >>> exclude noise / static from the source
> >>> Then take care of tedious editing tasks, such as removing playback
> >>> of unused tape from the output.
> >>>
> >>> Otherwise... there are some standalone decks on the market that have a
> >>> VCR and DVD player built-in, with the ability to record the VHS side
> >>> to DVD.
> >>>
> >>> They are probably more convenient than using a capture card.
> >>> However, the output will have lossy compression (MPEG encoding
> >>> already done), and may be unsuitable for further editing.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> If you have a large number of tapes, a VCR and PC capture card has
> >>> the problem that the capturing process will probably not
> >>> automatically stop when your VCR reaches the end of the tape...
> >>>
> >>>
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