[PLUG] Dubbing commercial VHS tapes...

[Darren Couch]

Just do a Google for Video Stabilization Box.

Set you back 100 bucks or so and a lot of time, but if you are really into
preserving hardcopys of
low-res Disney movies, I think its your only option.


On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Michael C. Robinson <
plug_1 at robinson-west.com> wrote:

> I want to do away with VHS.  VHS tapes take up too much space
> compared to say DVDs or a Linux server with a single hard drive.
>
> Trouble is, those darn Disney tapes seem to be copy protected.  I
> believe it is legal to make a backup copy of a commercial VHS tape
> for personal use, but how does one get past the copy protection?
> The LiteOn DVD burner / VHS tape deck my Dad bought years ago works
> for going from VHS to DVD when a camcorder is involved, but forget
> copying any commercial tapes.  The minute you pop in a VHS tape of
> say Aladdin and hit the copy button, copy protection flashes on the
> television screen.  The copier obviously knows somehow that the source
> VHS tape is copy protected material.
>
> I having nothing against Disney per se trying to make it impossible
> to copy Disney VHS tapes, but Disney should offer a send in your VHS
> tape and we will give you a rebate on a replacement DVD copy program.
>
> What do people know about going from VHS to a local area network
> file server legality wise and technologically speaking?  What
> works and what doesn't work?  Is it legal to stream commercial
> videos from a local area file server for private home use?  Is
> it legal to copy the VHS case pictures to put on a private local
> area network titles web page?  I'm thinking a thin client can
> connect to the actual television and use that television as the
> monitor so to speak.  Streaming would involve pulling so many
> minutes into a large memory buffer off of the network before
> that many minutes is played so that there is no jitter.  The
> thin client would run NFS root off of the network.
>
> Once the commercial videos are copied to say DVD discs, is it
> necessary law wise to keep the original VHS copies?
>
> Are there companies that convert commercial VHS tapes to DVDs
> for you legally?  I'd happily pay $10 plus the VHS tape to
> trade up to a legal DVD copy.
>
> The only problem with replacing VHS tapes with DVDs is that even DVDs
> take up a lot of space and you end up with a my DVD library is too big
> problem.
>
> If it isn't legal to even back up commercial VHS tapes, just say so.
>
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Darren R. Couch
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