While it's easy and cheap, unfortunately the end result is crap. It's better than not having your tapes digitised and risking losing them, but it's worth doing it right.
dude its better to not loose information than wait for some big foureyes nerd to say "its good now" because they don't wanna buy expensive equipment and loose everything in the proccess, if you don't make concessions and forfeits then you'll never be able to use technology
I think it's definitely a fair comment from @NikiDaDude. I've looked into some cards and at some comparison videos and what I have is just more convenient at this time. Of course we won't throw away the tapes, but for right now I wanted them backed up in some way at least. thank you
@@circleinforthecube5170 I said it's better than not having any backups of your tapes, so we don't disagree. However, tape backup should be done "right" and it should be done sooner rather than later because the VHS tapes will not last forever.
We did the same with my family’s old tapes. We can only find 2 discs tho. One from vacation, and the other of a soccer match. We can’t find the others but they’re definitely somewhere around the house (likely in the hot press which definitely isn’t the best place to store them so we’ll have to see if that’s them)
Those cheap devices are horrible! MPG 1 and sound like 128kbps or even vorst. VHS have 20hz to 20kHz... so this is not even near. need to be 320kbps for mp3. And video 720x520p. Only good devices can do that. So it's best way to save your tapes, and clean VCR heards 😄
Maybe a used dazzle would be decent for a budget device. I believe the original base model was lacking but the later models and likely more common at this point should have those features easy.
@RetroMechanic thanks😅 we still have the tapes but at least they are stored in a format that won't degrade as fast over time. Will look into more variety of devices to see the advantages you are talking about. thanks!
This is the very basic; it’s nice if you don’t care about quality or just like buying junk. Services even are outdated now with what you can do. There’s special cards to get the RF signals and convert that raw data to video. Please if you care do some research or pay for them to be transferred. Those plug and play are really sub par but you accept it because you think oh it’s old video it’ll never look good. Very wrong
hmm it seems that VHS started as Vertical Helical Standard but changed to Video Home Standard. I only found this through an initial Google search but makes sense as you say that's how they were recorded. I thought data was recorded in a diagonal pattern on the tape but you say the heads are at an angle so that would make it vertical? I'll have to learn more, thanks!
While it's easy and cheap, unfortunately the end result is crap.
It's better than not having your tapes digitised and risking losing them, but it's worth doing it right.
dude its better to not loose information than wait for some big foureyes nerd to say "its good now" because they don't wanna buy expensive equipment and loose everything in the proccess, if you don't make concessions and forfeits then you'll never be able to use technology
I think it's definitely a fair comment from @NikiDaDude. I've looked into some cards and at some comparison videos and what I have is just more convenient at this time. Of course we won't throw away the tapes, but for right now I wanted them backed up in some way at least. thank you
@@circleinforthecube5170 I said it's better than not having any backups of your tapes, so we don't disagree.
However, tape backup should be done "right" and it should be done sooner rather than later because the VHS tapes will not last forever.
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I did this with my tapes a long time ago. I used Roxio DVD converter.
I have tapes from the 80s that should be digitized ever sense I saw this video I never cared but now I have them on a SD card so thank you 😄
1:02 as the scene zooms in. I'm really getting freaked out by the nutcracker puppet 😵💫
I happen to have an Elgato video capture device and I think it’s enough for me when it comes to recording VHS openings.
We did the same with my family’s old tapes. We can only find 2 discs tho. One from vacation, and the other of a soccer match. We can’t find the others but they’re definitely somewhere around the house (likely in the hot press which definitely isn’t the best place to store them so we’ll have to see if that’s them)
Back in the day there were also VCP's(video cassette players), they didn't record, they just played. I think more people used VCRs instead of VCPs.
Thank you! My mom mentioned wanting to do something like this.
Those cheap devices are horrible! MPG 1 and sound like 128kbps or even vorst. VHS have 20hz to 20kHz... so this is not even near. need to be 320kbps for mp3. And video 720x520p. Only good devices can do that. So it's best way to save your tapes, and clean VCR heards 😄
Maybe a used dazzle would be decent for a budget device. I believe the original base model was lacking but the later models and likely more common at this point should have those features easy.
@@matthewzepess5721 If backup method is worst than original, why to do that? When look copy where is mosaic effect etc, it's useless
@RetroMechanic thanks😅 we still have the tapes but at least they are stored in a format that won't degrade as fast over time. Will look into more variety of devices to see the advantages you are talking about. thanks!
Hi-fi tracks only. Linear tracks don't reach 20kHz.
@@debranchelowtone Correct. S-VHS can do 20-20kHz because it's use video drum to store part of audio.
You can actually record any vhs tape they don't actually have drm protection at least that I've found
exactly what I needed. TY
Cool what model Emerson crt do you use??
I got lord of the rings on dvd
0:40 The Two WHAT??
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By far my favorite video from your channel. I am big into tech and really enjoyed the video and the process
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. This video is a little different from my others but I had fun making it.
This is the very basic; it’s nice if you don’t care about quality or just like buying junk. Services even are outdated now with what you can do. There’s special cards to get the RF signals and convert that raw data to video. Please if you care do some research or pay for them to be transferred. Those plug and play are really sub par but you accept it because you think oh it’s old video it’ll never look good. Very wrong
Great video , I have a few digital 8 camcorder footage to transfer .
Been busy playing with my new 4k pioneer over Xmas 👌👌👌👌
Some things are better left unremembered.
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VHS stands for Vertical Helical Standard. The method in which the data is played from the tape, its why the head is at an angle and not vertical.
Video Home System.
hmm it seems that VHS started as Vertical Helical Standard but changed to Video Home Standard. I only found this through an initial Google search but makes sense as you say that's how they were recorded. I thought data was recorded in a diagonal pattern on the tape but you say the heads are at an angle so that would make it vertical? I'll have to learn more, thanks!
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