Copy Home Movies Into DVD

Betamax and VHS players are obsolete. If you still have those Betamax and VHS cartridges of home videos lying around, you don't have access to re-watching those memorable days you captured with your camera.

Thanks to the modernization of technology, that wouldn't be a problem anymore. Simply because you can copy your home videos onto DVD. It's not difficult turning those memories into DVDs. Later on, you can share these with your family and your friends.

Do It Yourself with These Products

The best products we can recommend in copying home videos into DVDs are the ADS DVD Xpress (around $90) and the Pinnacle DVC90 (around $80). These video to DVD converters include whatever is necessary in transferring your home videos from those obscure cartridges onto a DVD. All you need is a player for the videotape attached to the PC which has a rewritable DVD drive.

You don't have to be a techie in order for you to use these products. Naturally, you will be needing a tiny device that is attached to the VCR or the camcorder at one end which is attached to the PC at the other end. This can also be done via USB.

When you have this, the device encodes the analog video in a digital process from the VCR or the camcorder. It sends the digital video into the PC. There the software picks up the entire package captures. At your command, it writes the home video into the DVD.

To top all this off, you can even edit the home video before you burn it onto a DVD. You can remove those boring bits, those torturing lulls. You can also add background music and menus, to make it appear like an actual movie.

However, you need to know how these processes are done before you can actually do it yourself. Chances are the products you've purchased for this transfer contains a manual that has a special section about this filmmaking and editing endeavor.

Have the Best Equipment

The key is getting the best equipment out there. Canvas for the best analog video player, cables and USBs. Have them tested before you work on your old footage. For example, if you have a priceless home video. You have to be really careful transferring it because you don't want to erase its contents. At least, by having the best equipment for video transfer, you will be assured that memories are sealed in these videos which you, your family and your friends can enjoy in the long run.