Backing up VHS tapes to a PC HDD
Jan 13th, 2009 | By leimrod | Category: Tech and the NetRecently I read the news that VHS is finally dead (for most I’d say its been dead for years now). My mother still uses her VHS recorder for recording TV shows, and watching our old home videos. I’ve been trying to get them to move over to a DVR for recording as their current VHS/cable TV setup is more complicated than its worth (i.e. they can’t change the channel when the VHS is recording) Their main reason for keeping the VHS recorder is our home videos, which they will watch through every now and again to reminisce. We where watching one the other day from ‘93 and I couldn’t help but realise the quality is slowly degrading, it also made me realise that if this tape where to fail or get destroyed in a house fire or something that these memories would be gone forever. I decided at that moment that I would begin backing up these memories to HDD, where I could burn them onto DVD’s for my parents and back them up as many times as I want for my own peace of mind.
