VHS to DVD

[lordsmurf]

I do IN fact have a very good VCR player/recorder....
A SAMSUNG.........

Sorry to burst your bubble, but that's a piece of crap.

[sanlyn]

I do IN fact have a very good VCR player/recorder....
A SAMSUNG........

Now hold on, JimboS. You come on with gimme the latest, gimme the newest, etc., and you're touting a SAMSUNG VCR as "very good"? Not talking beauty being in the eye of the beholder, here. The fact that it still works is its only claim to fame, as I'm familiar with that line of VCR's from way-back-when. If you'd really been "with it" back then, you would have turned to Sharp for a budget player, which at that time would have been the cool thing to do.

I do play some OLD VHS tapes , sometimes
I do not dwell on the fact they are old
I like to get the NEWEST......
SORRY , if I offended some people

Well, okay, apology accepted. I play oldies, too. Last month I attended a local movie fan club playing of a rare private 1992 VHS issue of The Wind (1928), one of a great many rediscovered classics being revived by pros and hobbyists the world over. So, I think you understand that something old doesn't prevent it from having value. There's a resurgence in vinyl records and tube amps (Yes. Tubes. The latest thing) -- not because they're old, and not despite that fact, but because many people think they're qualitatively "better". And many keep old VCR's around for their personal value.

I would like to see some threads on some NEW stuff...
Like 3D .........

3D is passe, but I've seen 3D posts here within the past several days. 3D movies go back to the 1930's, and 3D graphics were popular in the 1800's. 3D is more than 100 years old, and 3D graphic effects go back to the Renaissance. The only thing new about it is the packaging and the glitz.

I like new stuff too. But if it's not as substantial as some of the "old" stuff, then newness is all it has going for it. But I can understand how that alone can be attractive.

[phase52001]

I took 2 VHS to Costco and they will convert them to a single DVD.
How do I take the first 10 mins of the DVD, cut it out and transfer that to a video file that I can post online?

Try "MPEG Streamclip". Just Google it. It's completely FREE. Full instruction for installing and operating are available.
As your DVDs aren't protected, you can use Mpeg Streamclip to open it. It has basic editing, just cut out what you want or don't want.
You can then export the result in a large number of video formats. Hope that helps.

[theewizard]

i can guarantee that if you every listen too an LP of some good music played thru a tube amp and speakers, and then listen to an MP3 of the same song

you can tell the difference

analog vinyl is heads above in warmth tone ,and quality

no matter the bitrate, mp3 is lossy and solid state, can't match the sound of analog from tubes

we've have traded 'instant portable gratification' for quality