Re: VHS to DVD

2009-06-03 Thread starrfarr
On Jun 2, 8:00 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jun 2, 2009, at 4:50 PM, glen wrote: This idea has got my attention. I remember such a device from   Computer Geeks a year or so  ago. Checking their site I see none   available. What combo deck do you or anyone

Re: VHS to DVD

2009-06-02 Thread Tom
On Jun 1, 8:59 pm, Hosemonkey hosemon...@mchsi.com wrote: Roxio has a program and an adapter to transfer VHS content to H/D for recording. I guess the real question is how can you get encrypted VHS content into a form that will allow you to transfer it to DVD? I use a Canopus

Re: VHS to DVD

2009-06-02 Thread Ralph Green
Howdy, Tom Baker pointed you to one device. That is a reasonably expensive unit. I saw devices a few years ago for around $100 that would do what you need. I was looking at those devices seriously at the time, but never bought one. I really never needed one, because I was buying movies on

Re: VHS to DVD

2009-06-02 Thread Michael Emery
As Doug Burton recommended, I use an EyeTV 200 to do this. It also allows me to watch TV on my iMac as if it were a DVR. ;-) -- Michael Emery --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those

Re: VHS to DVD

2009-06-02 Thread Doug Burton
On Jun 2, 2009, at 5:10 AM, Ralph Green wrote: Howdy, Tom Baker pointed you to one device. That is a reasonably expensive unit. I saw devices a few years ago for around $100 that would do what you need. I was looking at those devices seriously at the time, but never bought one. I

Re: VHS to DVD

2009-06-02 Thread glen
- Original Message From: Stephen E. Bodnar sbod...@gci.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, June 1, 2009 9:18:08 PM Subject: Re: VHS to DVD hosemonkey wrote: I have a ton of movies on VHS tape(doesn't everybody?) I would like to get them on DVD. How can I

Re: VHS to DVD

2009-06-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 2, 2009, at 4:50 PM, glen wrote: This idea has got my attention. I remember such a device from Computer Geeks a year or so ago. Checking their site I see none available. What combo deck do you or anyone else recommend? Many people I trust have said that Lite-on units are

Re: VHS to DVD

2009-06-02 Thread Stephen E. Bodnar
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jun 2, 2009, at 4:50 PM, glen wrote: This idea has got my attention. I remember such a device from Computer Geeks a year or so ago. Checking their site I see none available. What combo deck do you or anyone else recommend? Many people I trust have said that

Re: VHS to DVD

2009-06-01 Thread Stephen E. Bodnar
hosemonkey wrote: I have a ton of movies on VHS tape(doesn't everybody?) I would like to get them on DVD. How can I rip VHS movies to DVD and is there a program (such as Mac the Ripper for VHS) that will decode VHS and make them usable to transfer to DVD? Ant advice would be appreciated.

Re: VHS to DVD

2009-06-01 Thread Hosemonkey
Roxio has a program and an adapter to transfer VHS content to H/D for recording. I guess the real question is how can you get encrypted VHS content into a form that will allow you to transfer it to DVD? Mac the Ripper works for DVD material, is there anything that serves the same purpose for VHS?

Re: VHS to DVD

2009-06-01 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jun 1, 2009, at 7:59 PM, Hosemonkey wrote: Roxio has a program and an adapter to transfer VHS content to H/D for recording, which has very bad user reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Roxio-Easy-VHS-to-DVD/product-reviews/B001LQO4P4/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8showViewpoints=1