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Yes, like Scott said, a service would probably have done a better job with the conversion, adding menus and cleaning up the video, somewhat, but it is VHS we are talking about here and I'm pleased with the result. I considered using a service but the prices I found were around $30 per hour which would really add up with 52 30-minute tapes. I could have done this post conversion but this was much easier. Since my video camera only has a mono microphone, I used a Y RCA cable to split the audio from the camera into the Canopus so at least I'd have audio from both left and right speakers. If you have an A/V question, please send it to just got done converting all 52 of our VHS-C tapes to my hard drive using the Canopus ADVC110 from ebay for about $150, a firewire card I got from for $8, my original video camera used to make the videos, CyberLink PowerDirector 9 (just about any video editing software will do including the free Windows Live Movie Maker) and about a weeks worth of converting-with great results. We haven't reviewed any such decks in quite a while, but Robert Silva maintains a list of currently available and recommended VHS/DVD dubbing units at. Just keep in mind that they are not miracle workers, and the end result is going to look pretty bad compared with HDTV, Blu-ray, and even DVD.Īnother option is to get a VHS-to-DVD dubbing deck, which is probably the easiest way to do it yourself. If so, take the rest of the tapes to the one that did the best job. If there is more than one such service in your area, have each of them convert one tape—the same tape in all cases so you have one basis for comparison—and see if there's a difference in quality between them. I've never availed myself of these conversion services, but I suspect that the best of them can probably do a better job than I ever could—after all, they're much more experienced, and they have tools I don't—so that's the route I would take. I'm afraid you won't get very good results no matter what you do, because the source material—VHS tapes—are so poor-quality to begin with. Is there a solution that you recommend? Can you shed some light on this? I cannot find a PCI card solution with software. I also read that the USB conversion programs like Roxio don't do the job either.

I was going to take them to a company that converts VHS to DVD, but I read that the quality of these conversion services isn't that good. I have priceless VHS tapes of my kids growing up over the last 25 years.