Unless a buyer goes online specifically looking for an older video, it is impossible to purchase new movies on VHS. In fact, some of the popular old movies are being resold as DVDs so people can still enjoy them. But, it costs the complete price of a new movie that many individuals already own to accommodate a new media device. Consumers know the old tapes will be totally useless once the VHS player bites the dust. So, now is the time to learn how to copy VHS tapes to DVD discs, and save a lot of money in the process.
Since VHS tapes are an analog recording and DVDs are digital, the first problem is to get past the communications barrier. To simply copy from one to the other will not work, because the two devices essentially speak different languages. Thus, making the copies will only work if you have the hardware that connects to the VHS player on one end and the computer on the other.
As the movie is played, the data goes through the machine, is ripped of its copyright protection data, translated from analog to digital, and placed on the computer’s hard drive. Once on the drive, the first thing users will notice is the huge size of the file. It is very obvious that it will not fit on a single DVD, and something has to be done before a copy can be made.
The user will have to download some shrinking software. But, before shrinking the data, delete the advertisements and other superfluous files that have nothing to do with the actual movie. Go ahead and clean it up, so if you ever want to make another copy, all the hard work will be done.
Once the extra data is gone and the file has been shrunk back down to a size that will fit on a single disc or two at the most, it is time to complete the final step in how to copy VHS tapes to DVD disc. Simply put a blank disc into the drive, drag and drop the new file over, and go ahead a let the computer burn the information onto the disc when ask. Then, repeat the process for all the VHS tapes and enjoy the movies anew.
