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Copy Video Tapes to DVDs

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by agslai, Oct 17, 2005.

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  1. agslai

    agslai Member

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    I am planning to buy a vcr/dvd recorder where I can record them over to a DVD. If I have some old tapes that doesnt have the Recordable Square ( the little square on the bottom left side of the tape to prevent from being copied), what can i do??? I have heard putting scotch tape over it, but doesnt not know does it work. Any suggestions..................
     
    #1 agslai, Oct 17, 2005
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    Those squares are to prevent you from copying onto that tape (so you can't tape over it), it doesn't stop you from transferring onto another tape/dvd.
     
    #2 m_cable, Oct 17, 2005
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    Be careful with your purchase. If you have original VHS tapes of movies and if those tapes have Macrovision (a form of copy-protection) on them, some dvd/vcr combo units will ignore the macrovision and copy to dvd anyway, and some won't (they'll alert you saying that it's copyguarded and the copy will fail).

    go to http://www.videohelp.com to research the unit you're interested in.
     
    #3 droxford, Oct 17, 2005
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    If you have a digital cam with a computer link (firewire/USB), you can stream the video tape to the cam and the cam to the computer. The quality is one of the best and you get the pleasure/pain of editing your movies to fit onto the DVD.
     
    #4 Invisible Fan, Oct 17, 2005
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