On a DVD you can get a minimum of 1 hour in HQ mode, up to 6 hours in EP+ mode....depends on your burner and what it's designed to do. 40 minutes sounds like a CD's rating for "CD audio"......MP3 players can get about 150 songs on a CD. Damon B Telrad Electronics Fort Wayne IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "al m" <ampm@xxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 8:17 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: MY VCR PARTS ARE NOT FEELING THE LOVE! > 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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