It is not the end of your VHS movies, concerts and childhood or wedding memories. By installing DVD burning hardware and video conversion software into a computer, you can convert VHS tapes to a format any DVD player can read. Most movie box software make the process foolproof and step-by-step so that almost anyone with computer knowledge can perform a VCR player only digital transfer. Basically, the software does a video capture and converts it into a digital format that your computer can play right away and also burn into DVD.
Regardless of conversion, you can find a combination DVD/VCR player to read both analog and digital videos. DVD, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW all work on combo units as do CD, CD-R, CD-RW, VCD, JPEG and DivX CD. They have a progressive scan video output, digital coaxial audio output for Dolby Digital and DTS soundtrack during DVD playback, and other analog and digital AV outputs. Hybrid DVD/VCR units generally read and write VHS, and read but not write DVD as they are not DVR/VCR players.
Sony, JVC, Samsung, Philips, Sylvania, Zenith, and Toshiba are some of the known brands that receive good reviews consistently. You can enhance playback quality by upscaling on the HDMI interface, and many of them on the analog side are real-deal 4-head HiFi stereo VCRs. After a VCR player only digital conversion, you can store the digital files if you can free space up in your computer or buy a spacious external drive. From the TV/VCR televideo to the dual-deck VCR a.k.a. double-decker, S-VHS, and TV/VCR/DVD, the VHS is yet to breathe its final breath.
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