Time keeps moving forward, and old technologies like VHS tapes are fading away. Many of us have tapes full of family memories, but without a VCR, we can’t watch them anymore. These tapes are in danger ...

This article also appeared in the December 2014 issue of Consumer Reports magazine. Q. I need to convert my VCR tapes to DVDs. Can you recommend a device to do that?—Liss Lieberman, Bay Shore, NY A.

I cleaned out a cabinet a few years ago and found a stack of old Super 8 tapes. I’ll never forget the way Mom’s face lit up after I digitized videos of her late brother Harold Jr.’s wedding.

VCR converters are devices designed to transfer video content from old VHS tapes to modern digital formats. With many people holding onto cherished recordings from decades ago, converting these tapes ...

VHS tapes deteriorate over time, but A VHS-to-DVD converter machine can preserve those precious videos in digital form. While the era of VHS tapes is long gone, many of us still have VHS cassettes ...

The good news is it’s easy to convert those recordings into digital files you can save, share, and enjoy again.

I used CVS to convert three old VHS tapes to DVD. The process was simple — I dropped off my tapes at the photo counter and picked up the DVDs about 4.5 weeks later. The DVDs worked fine, and the tapes ...

For those of you too young to remember, from the 1970s to the 1990s, the dominant format of home video was the Video Home System, better known as VHS. VHS tapes were absolutely everywhere, used for ...

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Got a ton of tapes from the Gulf War, and want them preserved on DVD. Just got a DVD burner, and have a capture card (Winfast TV 2000/XP). What should I use to convert the signal from my VCR (RCA ...

If National VCR Day has you wondering what to do with your old VHS tapes, look no further. Since the popularity of DVDs — and especially now, in the age of streaming — VCRs aren’t the primary way for ...

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