Hiya, pretty much the title. I have a dozen tapes I want to backup before age takes its toll. My basic idea after watching some videos online is to buy a hardware based upscaler that can interface with my vcr then throw that signal to a video capture card and record on my computer. I’ll go with name brands to avoid problems but is that really the best method? I want to avoid sending them to a service since it will cost more than just buying the hardware in the first place and I got time to kill.
Mate I can’t remember if it was a limitation of the old Sony combo or not, it’s likely it was or I wouldn’t have done it that way.
I do remember looking into putting the HDD into my PC, since I didn’t do it, I’m going to assume it was a proprietary format and couldn’t be read.
This was a set and forget process for 90’s quality home videos.