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  1. Hi All,
    I would like to capture our family vhs collections to digital. To be honest i thought it will simply work like to get some capture device not cheap but not expensive (what i found said best is Elgato USB S-video capture) and grab a used but working VHS deck push play done happy. I started to read forums and i realized this is also something which is more complex then this. (why should anything be simple) so i would look for your advise. (located in EU-Hungary just regarding PAL NTSC )
    We have several vhs videos made by handcams from back at time. these are between not so good and bad quality. So I dont need move theater quality.
    I was thinking to buy this elgato https://www.elgato.com/en/video-capture plug play done

    Now after reading all around expensive decks TBC more expensive capture cards high spec pc-s i'm confused afraid.

    i was thinking on a budget of 100 USD/EUR/GBP whatsoever.

    Is this a relative expensive crap or is that enough for a reasonable digitalization on not so reasonable quality original source?
    These VHS were not watched since 10+years and i presume in the next 10+ years even would be not watched but it would be good to have as a memory. So i dont need excellent but reasonable quality.

    Or would there be anything else to use on this budget level?

    Thanks,
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  2. Captures & Restoration lollo's Avatar
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    The key elements for a capture are the tape conditions and the VCR. Look here for a list of recommended machines
    http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/video-restore/1567-vcr-buying-guide.html

    Capture card comes after, and reading the forum you will find many suggestions...

    edit: sorry, I read now that you already have the VCR.
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