VHS/8MM/Etc to Digital

[SephYuyX]

Looking to transfer some old tapes to digital (just to get it on a PC, not worried about the DVD end of it), and wanted to see if yall have done it before.

I could just buy one of those big hardware converters, but thats too expensive, so I was looking at those rca>usb dongles. Most of them have piss poor reviews at a brief glance, which worries me, so I was wondering if anyone has had experience doing this.

[Kenshiin]

I used the Roxio VHS to DVD one that comes with a dongle. It worked alright. My old VHS tapes weren't super clear to begin with.

[Pikarya]

Analog to digital, especially on VHS. You're not going to get good quality in the first place. Especially with deterioration depending on how old the medium is.

Most dongle/USB kits start around 39.99 online for garbage quality. Higher up, the better you get.

Anyways look around in your region. Some shops will convert them for a price which is much better than buying some dongle for one time use and never putting it to work ever again. That is, unless the tapes are 15+ year old kiddie porn/vintage pornos.

Goodluck

[Reality]

If you look hard enough, you can find some Super VHS or VHS/DVD Combo kits that have Component out. Find a VIVO or some other kind of PCI/PCI-E card with Component in, and there you go... pretty much the cleanest (analog) signal you'll get from VHS to PC

Otherwise, find a regular VHS Player and a cheap TV Tuner Card or Dongle with RCA (Yellow/White, or Yellow/Red/White, or if you're lucky, S-Video/Red/White) and just hook it up