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VHS to DVD Software Review
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Thanks to new technology it is really easy to save your VHS content onto longer lasting DVD's. Now anyone that knows how to play a VHS tape can copy those to DVD or store the video on your Hard Drive and even transfer it to an iPod or other video player.
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VHS Capture Hardware & Software: To capture the video from VHS you need to use either a Video capture card or an easier to use USB video capture device. The Roxio Easy VHS to DVD bundle includes the VHS capture USB device + the easy to use software from which you can capture, edit, and burn your VHS video to a DVD disc. To date this is the easiest way we have found to do this task.
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Easy VHS to DVD |
Roxio Easy VHS to DVD makes it easy to transfer video from VHS tapes or analog camcorders to DVD. Capture your VHS tape videos and burn them directly to DVD discs.
Roxio VHS to DVD supports most analog camcorders, VCRs, and even DVD players. Correct video quality, add transitions, and add Hollywood-style menus and chapters. Then, share with family and friends on DVD. Or, easily transfer your videos to an iPod or a PSP, for on-the-go viewing. |
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Windows XP/Vista
License: $59.99 Includes Roxio VHS Video Capture USB device
Mac version $79.99
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| Cyberlink DVD Suite 7 Ultra - Blu Ray /DVD Burning & Playback |
| CyberLink BD Solution and CyberLink HD Solution let users do everything they want with video and discs: authoring and burning, data archiving, disc playback, slideshow creation, video editing, photo retouching, music ripping, label printing, and data burning. As a complete suite of CyberLink's most comprehensive range of software, CyberLink BD/HD Solution features advanced technologies for enjoying and creating the latest audio and video disc formats. The PowerStarter interface supports task-based operation of burning and creativity features, and provides an easy means to update and enhance products online.
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Windows /2000/XP/Vista
License: $129.99 Ultra or
$79.99 Centra
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8/16/2009
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How to Convert VHS to DVD
There are endless possibilities with the DVD. Apart from its wider use in storing large amounts of high-quality data, it also serves as a medium for storing data for long-term use. It is perhaps this need that drives people to transfer the contents from a fragile VHS tape to DVDs. DVDs are optical storage media with a huge capacity. This means that the contents from several VHS tapes can be transferred effectively inside a single DVD, thereby reducing clutter and confusion.
Transferring the contents of a VHS cassette to DVD, usually a movie, is fairly easy. The analog VHS movie is first transferred to the computer. Inside a computer, the movie can be edited and enhanced. Once the tweaking to perfection is over, the movie can be easily burnt to a DVD.
To begin transferring the VHS video, one needs to capture the movie to the computer by using a special video-editing program that uses an analog-to-DVD converter. The analog-to-DVD converter converts the analog data into digital form. Although a time-consuming method, the process provides the flexibility to edit the video as much as one wants. It enables the addition of transitions, special effects, music, and other items. Once the VHS video is captured on the computer as an MPEG-2, one can easily burn a DVD by using DVD burning software and a DVD recorder.
There are several video editing software programs available on the market. To get the best software, one should analyze the software in terms of the software features and its strengths and weaknesses. High-ranked video editing software is usually strong in the three areas of capturing, editing, and burning. For people who are not particularly interested in transitions, sound effects, voice-overs, and animations, there are several lower-ranked products that can do the job of VHS to DVD transfer. The choice lies with the individual.
Also see: [ DPG Converter ] [ Video Capture Software ]
