nicky m

Hi

ive been told that videos deteriorate in the heat and since we have some important things such as first steps and wedding on vid would like to transfer to dvd. Could someone please let me know how i can go about this.

Thanks
Nicky

sa-redback

one option is to get a DVD recorder and a Video player , plug a SCART lead into the back of each, set DVD recorder to AUX and press record while pressing play on the video.
job done.
Or take it to a place that will do it for a fee look in the yellow pages

jayr

If you have a reasonably good PC you can buy a whole kit for around $100. For that you get a hardware card which will have the inputs to match the camcorder outputs (or a VCR outputs) and software that allows you to record from a tape to your PC hard drive form which you can thend edit and burn a DVD. Into the bargain you should then be able to receive TV onto your PC effectively turning it into a hard drive TV recorder thingy.

Here's an example:
http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.st...ct/View/XH0409

You can buy similar in Aldi for about $70

steve99

I've been thinking about doing this for a while, any idea what sort of space gets taken up on the HD by say a 240min video?

jayr

I transferred a 1.5hr 8mm tape to HD and it took up about 3.5GB, so less than one DVD.

I think that recording directly from a TV tuner is similar but recording the High Definition TV channels appears to be more like 8-12GB per hour.

If doing this often and if your hard drvie is 'small' the way to go is jst add on an external hard drive for about $1 per GB of storage

steve99

Thanks for that, i'll definitely be needing to go down the external route, my machines only got a 20GB drive I think.

jayr

New 200GB external hard drives seem to generally go for about $100 - $130 on Ebay.

Suni&Jay

I bought a cheap DVD recorder and transfered all the tapes.
Cost me about £60

Suni