# Converting VHS tapes to DVD

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-vhs-tapes-to-dvd/157011>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 23, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-vhs-tapes-to-dvd/157011 "2003-02-23T20:31:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Morrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Morrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrison)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-vhs-tapes-to-dvd/157011/1 "2003-02-23T20:31:19Z")

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I know there are DVD burners and other expensive equipment which I can buy to do this, but I would rather just pay someone to do it for me. Does anyone know how I can affordably copy my tapes to DVD? Thanks

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-vhs-tapes-to-dvd/157011/2 "2003-02-23T22:05:48Z")

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You would rather pay someone to do it. Ok. We don’t even know where you live, so how can anyone here reccommend someone?

Look in the yellow pages under “video duplicating” or a similar title.

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**Author:** ![Megan007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Megan007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Megan007)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-vhs-tapes-to-dvd/157011/3 "2003-02-23T23:44:57Z")

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Check out [www.YesVideo.com](http://www.YesVideo.com) - a company owned by Kodak - set up a franchise to do just this: convert VHS or any other type of consumer format - to DVD and CD-ROM. You can transfer photos, video, whatever for about $35 a pop.

And since it’s a franchise we don’t need to know where you live. 😃

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**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-vhs-tapes-to-dvd/157011/4 "2003-02-23T23:52:36Z")

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I can’t recall any right now, but i’ve seen sites on the internet that’ll do it for you if you mail them your tapes. I don’t know how reliable they are, but I don’t see any reason they would steal your baby footage or anything.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-vhs-tapes-to-dvd/157011/5 "2003-02-24T01:08:02Z")

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Once you check their prices, you could do it yourself for less…if you have 10-15 2 hour cassettes of them I suppose.

Yesterday, I decided to get a dvd recorder, which also functions as TIVO & a progressive scan settop dvd player, etc. etc…only cause it was on sale about $450 which included a Panasonic dvd player mail in rebate… sale was only until midnight though.