Thankfully, there’s still a stack of VHS tapes in the attic or one is just interested in exploring older tech, it’s still possible to buy new, used, and refurbished VCRs.

Below, I’ll walk through how to digitize your own VHS tapes or camcorder footage using the same methods, plus a few extra tricks that might make a USB capture card worth considering.

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You might also consider cleaning your VCR’s heads by using a VHS head cleaner. Transferring to DVD, Blu-ray, or digital file on Windows and Mac Panasonic.

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Wandering amidst the colorful chaos of hundreds of VHS cardboard boxes in video stores used to be one of the simple pleasures of life for cinephiles in the '80s and '90s. But unless you live in ...

Stick a VHS tape into the VCR, make sure it's rewound, start the capture process, and play the tape. As the tape plays, the capture device will receive the visual data and transfer it over to your ...