Huh. I have some VHS tapes I wouldn’t mind ripping. I have a vcr but I don’t think I have a way to capture the output. I’d better look into it sooner rather than later…
Plenty of RCA/SCART to USB thingys out there, like EasyCAP
Getting it professionally done is still pretty cheap. Unless you have a lot of them, it probably isn’t worth doing yourself. Inexpensive tools for consumers tend to result in very poor quality exports and anything that actually looks good tends to cost $100 or more to set up. Most professional services for VHS to DVD or VHS to MP4 can give you high quality results for under $20/tape.
I thought tape film lasted a really long time.
Film does, depending on how it’s stored. VHS is much thinner, and more prone to damage. There’s also a huge difference between professional tapes and “get the cheapest 5-pack at the store” we all used to have.
