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ゼンガー・ゾンボルト

Posted on 09-12-12 06:31 PM, in

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So I have about 11 VHS tapes full of pokémon episodes that I want to transfer to the computer with the best possible quality. Each tape is at least 3 hours long. If I can enhance the video quality somewhat, it'd be great but the next best thing is transfering them without any loss of quality.

I'll have to do something about the sound, though. It's not terrible but it sounds...cramped.

I've read that it depends on how good the VCR is and what kind of tools you use for the transfer. Mine is an LG DVD/VCR combo one. I know, LG isn't well-known for quality.

Next, I've read that using a DV Camera as a bridge is the best thing. The next best might be to use a DVD/VCR combo to write directly to DVD. The problem here is that you have no way of editing the videos. And I don't think that my LG combo is capable of burning to DVD. And I don't have a DV Camera either.

What I do have is a Dazzle DVC 100 which I have heard both good and really bad things about. When I tried to record me playing Megaman 3 (check my youtube account) I didn't like the results. Fat black borders around the video. And when I selected 60Hz on the computer, the video became black & white. Since then it's just been lying around collecting dust.

So, can anyone help?

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Posted on 09-12-12 08:54 PM, in (rev. 2 of 09-12-12 08:54 PM by

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I have a Diamond VC500 that I use for recording gameplay from my actual game consoles, although it took a little work to get it to work properly on Windows 7 x64... here is a sample video captured from my GameCube with S-Video

It might work with VHS tapes, but I haven't tried it...

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Posted on 09-12-12 10:12 PM, in (rev. 2 of 09-12-12 10:12 PM by

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A lot of mixed reviews on that one. And your video on the tube is lagging. Plus, there are those not-so-subtle lines in the video when there are fast movement.

However, that Honestech or Elgato one seems to have better reviews.

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I haven't actually heard of anything to do what you want. Then again, I haven't really paid much attention to VHS related things since...7 years ago. I don't even have anything that can play VHS anymore.

I hope you have little difficulty transferring it over as much as possible. I know what a pain VHS can be at times. They tend to wear out easily the more you use them.

ゼンガー・ゾンボルト

Posted on 09-12-12 10:32 PM, in (rev. 2 of 09-12-12 10:33 PM by

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Well, I watched several episodes of the first pokémon tape we recorded. There are visual artifacts on the video (since my TV is a Full HD one) but not so much that it annoys me or distorts the video. Overall, the quality is good.

The sound could be better but it isn't terrible. You can clearly hear what's being said and all. Like, compare it to sounds with the sample rates of 22050Hz and 44100Hz. The sound on the tape sounds like it's being played in 22050Hz.

Kinda cramped, in other words.

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