Some pretty expensive stuff there. Is there really that much difference in the image quality for just doing VHS conversion? This is a first time project. I do understand that the quality of the VHS footage is the best I can expect to get out of a digital conversion. Should I expect the conversion quality to be a downgrade unless I purchase one of the expensive cards? The original website I was on for evaluating converters listed maybe a dozen or so and all were less than a hundred bucks. Are these trash?
Thanks for your time and opinions I just need to convert maybe 30 VHS tapes to my PC's. Some pretty expensive stuff there. Is there really that much difference in the image quality for just doing VHS conversion?
This is a first time project. I do understand that the quality of the VHS footage is the best I can expect to get out of a digital conversion. Should I expect the conversion quality to be a downgrade unless I purchase one of the expensive cards? The original website I was on for evaluating converters listed maybe a dozen or so and all were less than a hundred bucks. Are these trash? Thanks for your time and opinions I just need to convert maybe 30 VHS tapes to my PC's.
Method 1: Convert VHS to DVD with a DVD recorder. This one is the easy one on this VHS to DVD tutorial. The general idea of this method is simple, Record what’s in the cassette to a DVD disc with the help of a DVD recorder.
The true pro devices (not the Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K) would certainly give a better result in the hands of those who know enough about video to use them properly and know how to get the best out of the resulting captures. If you don't want to put a lot of work and money into this project there are two cheap solutions in my list. I mistakenly assumed those were the best and was looking for the best of the best from those. $200 budget You should probably go for one of the cheap solutions. There are virtually no worthwhile choices for VHS capture priced somewhere in between cheap and expensive with Windows 10 drivers available. The expensive devices have 3D comb filters, which are better able to deal with dot-crawl noise from composite video than 2D comb filters found in good inexpensive devices.
I don't know of any mid-priced devices which are still being produced that have Windows 10 drivers available and 3D comb filters in their current versions. Don't get a Video Scaler Pro.
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You should find a used Panasonic DVD recorder with a decent line TBC instead. Ok thanks thanks guys. What I have are basketball game VHS tapes from the 80's. What I intend to do after converting to digital is create a highlight reel through some editing software that I have.
That's why I initially ruled out converting straight to DVD since ultimately I'm after select clips from the footage. Usually_quiet: If I go with the Panasonic DVD recorder, would there be any problems in moving those files from the newly made disk to the PC for editing? I'm more knowledgeable about editing and creating videos than I am about converting. Price doesn't necessarily equate to quality with VHS capture devices. The more expensive devices are HD capture devices with SD capture added as an afterthought. Or they are old professional devices that only work well with pristine video sources.
Both of those classes of devices often choke on the poor time base of VHS (though using a full frame TBC or frame sync will take care of that). And any resolution advantage they may have is wasted on low resolution VHS -- you just get sharper noise. About US$50 is all you need to spend for VHS capture. Ok thanks thanks guys. What I have are basketball game VHS tapes from the 80's. What I intend to do after converting to digital is create a highlight reel through some editing software that I have.
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That's why I initially ruled out converting straight to DVD since ultimately I'm after select clips from the footage. Usually_quiet: If I go with the Panasonic DVD recorder, would there be any problems in moving those files from the newly made disk to the PC for editing? I'm more knowledgeable about editing and creating videos than I am about converting. The DVD recorder is used as a pass-through device to 'condition' the video prior to capture, not as a VHS to DVD converter.
You don't actually record anything with one. The recommended Panasonic models that I remember from other VideoHelp threads are: DMR-ES10, DMR-ES15, and DMR-ES20. R-value chem. Price doesn't necessarily equate to quality with VHS capture devices.
The more expensive devices are HD capture devices with SD capture added as an afterthought. Or they are old professional devices that only work well with pristine video sources. Both of those classes of devices often choke on the poor time base of VHS (though using a full frame TBC or frame sync will take care of that). And any resolution advantage they may have is wasted on low resolution VHS -- you just get sharper noise. About US$50 is all you need to spend for VHS capture. SD capture with the Magewell Pro Capture HDMI is apparently not an afterthought. It has a built-in TBC/Frame synchronizer that works.