# PC to VHS?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-to-vhs/79260>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 1, 2001, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-to-vhs/79260 "2001-09-01T05:01:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-to-vhs/79260/1 "2001-09-01T05:01:26Z")

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Hello…

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 Generally, my video-PC skills are limited to digitizing VHS cassettes onto my PC with the use of my cheap but powerful WinTV capture card. However, I have recently begun to download video files, and now I would like to do the reverse. What sort of hardware (and expense) would I be looking at to output a video to VHS? I know some WinTV models come with a video out line, but mine did not. What's the cheapest setup I can find to do this sort of thing?

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Thanks

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**Author:** ![Max\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@Max\_Harvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Harvey)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-to-vhs/79260/2 "2001-09-01T05:40:25Z")

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Cheapest route would be a simple PC-to-TV converter like [this one](http://www.aitech.com/psc1106-details.htm). I have an ATI Radeon card that does video-out very nicely, plus capture and 3D. It sells for ~150 USD.

Be warned that a lot of low-end converters have only mono sound, or no sound at all.