Anyone know of anywhere that can convert a VHS tape to DVD for a reasonable price? We want to do our wedding video before we move to the US - and obviously a UK video cassette won't work in a US VCR.

Thanks!

If you jave a computer with a decent sized hard drive you can do it using a digital video capture device but it takes a lot of time.

I bought one of these devices to convert a wedding video for a friend about two years ago. It cost me something like £160 to buy the device. - It's a 'Dazzle Digital Video Creator 150', and although it did a good, professional-looking job, I only used it once after that because of the time it takes.

However, there may be a quicker/cheeper way of doing it these days. Two years is a long time in computer technology!

Good Luck

if any of your friends hav a dvd recorder ask them if you can take your vcr round to theirs then connect the vcr in through scart you can them record your vhs on to the dvd make sure their dvd recorder is all regions as otherwise it may not be compatible with your dvd player some are dvd+ some are dvd-

I do this professionally and offer the service on an ad-hoc basis for forummers. But I'm based in Manchester so you'd have to post it to me (unless I'm over in Sheffield at the weekend).

Aldi sell a USB device that lets you plug in your video and capture the signal and record it straight to DVD. It only costs £30 and is very very similar to the Belkin Videobus (now called something like DVD creator) that Argos sell for £70.

Hmmm... all very interesting and useful, but what I really wanted was an actual shop where I can take my video cassette to, give them some money, and then a few hours later I get a DVD back with it all transferred. I WOULD do it all myself, but I don't actually own a VCR at the moment - the only thing I have on tape is my wedding - and as I'm leaving the countryto live in the USA in 2 weeks, I don't really want to go out and buy one.

Does anyone know of a shop in Sheffield that does this or, alchresearch, how much do you charge?

Originally posted by JonMMUK
alchresearch, how much do you charge?

If it's just a straightforward copy to DVD without any titles or editing required, no charge. Just send me the tape, blank DVD and SAE (I'm not in Sheffield all the time you see).