[nemoryer]

I don't know much about computers.

My situation is -- I have a ton of VHS tapes and would like to get rid of them for space.

However, most of them I'd like to convert to DVD before getting rid of the tapes.

I heard of ROXIO (VHS to DVD, PC VERSION) for $59.99. Is this a valid company and a good purchase?

Is it easy to operate by hooking it up to the PC? Does anyone own it and can share the experience and ease of using?

Thank you very much.

[cwwozniak]

I do not own the product but I suspect that it will not work if you are trying to convert most commercially produced VHS tapes. The tapes usually had some kind of copy protection in place to prevent copying from one VCR to another. That same protection may cause the Roxio hardware from accepting the video from your VCR when playing such a tape.

[nemoryer]

Thank you.

[stantley]

For tapes that don't have copy protection you can get a TV card, record from a VCR to the computer, edit the files and burn DVD's.

A simpler way is to get a DVD/VCR combo recorder, and go directly from VHS tape to DVD. However it limits how much editing you can do.

[prunejuice]

Originally Posted by stantley

A simpler way is to get a DVD/VCR combo recorder, and go directly from VHS tape to DVD. However it limits how much editing you can do.

You could always use DVD-RW's and do your editing on the computer. That's what I did. Much more flexible.