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Hi, does anyone know if you can record pre-recorded (bought) vhs videos on to dvd using any dvd/vcr combi? All the reviews I`ve seen say that you can copy home recorded vids but I`m unsure as to whether I`ll be able to copy all my bought videos to dvd. Obviously I need to know this before buying. Any help would be appreciated

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You may be able to do this with special scart lead http://www.sonel.com/

This item was edited on Wednesday, 6th December 2006, 18:11

You may be able to do this with special scart lead http://www.sonel.com/

But I think you will still have to have a seperate DVD recorder & VHS recorder. I don`t think the combi`s will do.

Todays The Day. Tomorrow can wait...

That`s absolutely correct. The combi units have the macrovision protection built into them so you can`t do it. The Sonel lead will enable you to copy from an external VCR to any DVD Recorder.

Hehe, that`s why I own a Liteon DVD Recorder - you don`t need a Sonel lead to do this - you just needed an original LVW-5001/2/4/5/6 model and you could hack the macrovison and copy from any original VHS tape or DVD! 8) I don`t think you can still buy them new though. (And they came down to around £60 in the end!) Later models had a different chipset to prevent you from doing it though. :(


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This item was edited on Wednesday, 6th December 2006, 19:22

JohnWalker

A simple way round is to record using RF leads - you know the same as your aerial ones. Connect RF out on your VHS to RF in on your burner. You`ll have to tune the burner in as though you were recording a TV prog.. Wee drop in quality but it does work, at a push.

But what a waste of time copying commercial VHS tapes to dvd`s anyway.

Who wants a dvd of VHS quality?

Unless the titles are rare deleted things then there is probably an official dvd out for under a tenner,or even a fiver.

Otherwise its a waste of a dvd blank

Most of the vhs to dvd transfers I`ve done I am happy with. I`m not particularly fussy about picture quality. The largest screen I own is 17" and everything looks great.

I refuse to buy into the "new technology" we are being bombarded with. I trust my tv set will be good enough to watch network and cable shows well into the next decade. I want to spend my retirement years enjoying myself and not having to decide between food and medication when spending what`s left of my savings and retirement funds....

....and you thought life was tough

Well if you are not bothered about picture quality then why bother with DVD at all.

Even so,on a 17" screen its still easy to see how bad VHS is/was

Since you asked, I do it to save room. Discs take a hell of a lot less space than vhs tapes. Why buy something I already have a copy of?? It`s just a waste of money. Then I can write off the donation of the vids on my taxes. Everyone wins this way.


....and you thought life was tough

Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

We have a lot of VHS that are worth zip now but I don`t want to fork out all over again at a tenner a pop when I can use a 25p dvd and save oodles of space.

The sort of stuff we have on VHS includes a little wooden boy with variably sized proboscis and an overly eared pachyderm, know what I mean ;)