lomoto Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I'm sure some one out there can help me I have a pile of VHS tapes of home movies that need to be put on to DVD's before they disintegrate, I have been in touch with a company that performs this service, but it looks like it will be cheaper to buy a machine to do it myself.....Problem is which one ,?? Curry's have totally baffled me with talk of + and - R and RW and zone 2 ??? All I want is a machine I can bang the VHS tapes in and a DVD press a button and out pops the finished DVD ...any suggestions ..needs to be easy and idiot proof..also turns out a DVD that will play on any other machine... Thanks in anticipation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 might be worth looking at a dual machine which has a vhs and dvd recorder in built. May be able to copy stuff over but tbo DVD is recording is slow and painfull from experience at work but yes the quality is better. The other option could be a video disk recorder where you could output the files on to DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 Yes Mike , thats what I was looking for a dual machine with DVD recorder and VHS in one unit...loads to choose from only problem is they seem to come with an instruction book as thick as the bible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 probably only a fifth is english though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Whats VHS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl114 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 i can do it on my PC, i digitise the video in to avid, then burn it onto DVD, works a treat. How much stuff do you have, i may be able to find some time to do this for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Avid is hardly something for the home user though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 i can do it on my PC, i digitise the video in to avid, then burn it onto DVD, works a treat. How much stuff do you have, i may be able to find some time to do this for you? thanks for the offer, but I have about 24 hours worth to transfer all boring stuff like weddings, christenings ,family holidays etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 it's bit of a tricky one if it's for long term storage. DVD will become a thing of the past just as VHS is doing. Blue Ray is already coming onto the market and within a year prices should fall to a better level. You be able to get more onto a Blue Ray DVD than normal ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl114 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Avid is hardly something for the home user though.It is on my computer well its not Symphony i have DV Xpress Pro, but does the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 it's bit of a tricky one if it's for long term storage. DVD will become a thing of the past just as VHS is doing. Blue Ray is already coming onto the market and within a year prices should fall to a better level. You be able to get more onto a Blue Ray DVD than normal ones. "BLUE RAY " OMG dont through another item into the equation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl114 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 i can do it on my PC, i digitise the video in to avid, then burn it onto DVD, works a treat. How much stuff do you have, i may be able to find some time to do this for you? thanks for the offer, but I have about 24 hours worth to transfer all boring stuff like weddings, christenings ,family holidays etc etc ahh a lot of stuff then, any naughty bits too? If you have the master tapes from the video camera, many companies off a tape the DVD service, you could look into that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 all boring stuff like weddings, christenings ,family holidays etc etc plus all those dodgy home videos.... of when you were young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 all boring stuff like weddings, christenings ,family holidays etc etc plus all those dodgy home videos.... of when you were young what do you mean, I'm still young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dunk Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I just connect my old VCR to my DVD Recorder, works a treat and DVD recorders can be picked up for peanuts now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 I just connect my old VCR to my DVD Recorder, works a treat and DVD recorders can be picked up for peanuts now thats the point though !! which DVD recorder? some use -R and some use +R , which one if I record the tapes to a DVD will play on any DVD player...for instance one of my mates has a DVD recorder and anything he records on his DVD wont play on my DVD player!! only his own.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 i've got a liteon lvw-1105HC+ dvd recorder, about the same size as a A4 paper and inch n half thick, transfered loads of video to dvd, dead easy, just put the output scart of the video into the input of the dvd recorder,press play on video, press record on dvd, easy peasy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 i've got a liteon lvw-1105HC+ dvd recorder, about the same size as a A4 paper and inch n half thick, transfered loads of video to dvd, dead easy, just put the output scart of the video into the input of the dvd recorder,press play on video, press record on dvd, easy peasy That sounds easy enough even for me will look into that tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkfish Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 As Neo said...... here you go Tim. http://www.amazon.co.uk/LVW-1105HC-Mult ... lectronics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 As Neo said...... here you go Tim. http://www.amazon.co.uk/LVW-1105HC-Mult ... lectronics thanks no excuse now not to do it myself by the way whose Pedro?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkfish Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 My moustachioed Mexican friend who's running for President. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 My moustachioed Mexican friend who's running for President. cool !!! I hope he wins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dunk Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 -R will play on more standalone DVD players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 The - and + signs are indicators as to the recordability of the disk. Eg you may be able to record onto a DVD with a -R once and once only. With +R you can re-record over stuff on that disk. I have a Sony DVD handycam and it uses + and - R disks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Not quite Sarnie............. DVD+R and DVD-R are both once only write, they are competing formats. The re-recordable versions of both are DVD+RW and DVD-RW respectively. Think of it as RW for ReWrite. Gus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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