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Time has not been kind to VHS: As tech turns 50, preservationists race to save material stored on vanishing format. Methods include … baking? (news.harvard.edu)
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[–] 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Huh. I have some VHS tapes I wouldn't mind ripping. I have a vcr but I don't think I have a way to capture the output. I'd better look into it sooner rather than later...

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Getting it professionally done is still pretty cheap. Unless you have a lot of them, it probably isn’t worth doing yourself. Inexpensive tools for consumers tend to result in very poor quality exports and anything that actually looks good tends to cost $100 or more to set up. Most professional services for VHS to DVD or VHS to MP4 can give you high quality results for under $20/tape.

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