How many minutes do you get on the disc? I bought a recorder couple of years ago but I can only get 40 min on a disc. Al Marquardt ampm@xxxxxxx Al Marquardt Electronic Repair 206 W Main Girardville Pa. 17935 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 11:59 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: MY VCR PARTS ARE NOT FEELING THE LOVE! > Transferring from VHS to DVD is fairly easy and cheap on your computer. > You can use an ATI ALL IN Wonder video card which has video capture and > TV tuner built in. Just connect the VCR to the video card and record the > video onto the hard drive in MPEG-2 format. Then use any DVD authoring > software to copy to a blank DVD disc. The result is very good. You can > even get fancy and design your own menus for the DVD if you wish. > > Gary > > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > Phil Bader wrote: >> That's something one could do from home even if their shop closed. That >> and getting senior's tv's back out of video mode or some such thing. >> Hooking up their accessories,etc. No overhead except your tires and >> gas.Make some nice cash. >> My feet are smiling already;-) (sorry, Leo Kotke) >> Phil >> >> Philip Bader >> Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) >> 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 >> Fax (863) 299-8821 >> email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> >> J. Knoll wrote: >> >> >>>I am going to invest in the equipment to transfer tapes to DVD. After >>>reading this the time will be coming soon where a little money can be >>>made in doing this, and I have been getting calls for tranfers now.=20 >>>Jay Jay's TV >>> >>>On 7/2/05, Phil Bader <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>A note: >>>>A customer of mine said he went to Best Buy (I think, or Circuit City) >>>>and they said they don't sell ANY VHS equipement anymore. NO VCRs at >>>>all. >>>>My customer was alarmed. What am I going to do to watch all our >>>>collectible tapes? I felt like saying. You el-cheapos wanted cheap and >>>>stores found no money in them anymore si you "cheaped" your way out of >>>>VCRs altogether. NO one wanted to invest a few bucks keeping their good >>>>heavy duty machines fixed "because Walmart has the same thing, only for >>>>39 bucks! I'm going there!"... >>>>So, go already. >>>>Maybe you will see people begging you to "restore" their units to enjoy >>>>their tape collection. >>>>Phil >>>>=20 >>>>Philip Bader >>>>Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) >>>>3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 >>>>Fax (863) 299-8821 >>>>email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>John @ Myers TV wrote: >>>>=20 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Maybe you can make paperweights out of them? ;-) >>>>> >>>>>John Myers >>>>>Myers TV Service Co. >>>>>376 E. 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