VHS-C to VHS
Hi Guys
I was given some VHS Compact Videocasettes (from a friends camcorder). They nolonger have the camcorder and would like me to save the videos to DVD. I know you get adaptors that enable you to play this tape in a normal vhs machine. I do not want to buy an adaptor just to do 3 tapes. Can I take the reels and tape out of the VHS-C cartridge, and install them into a normal VHS cartridge, or will there be a difference (Out of alignment, speed difference, etc) Thanks Peter |
VHS-C to VHS
"Peter K" wrote in message ... Hi Guys I was given some VHS Compact Videocasettes (from a friends camcorder). They nolonger have the camcorder and would like me to save the videos to DVD. I know you get adaptors that enable you to play this tape in a normal vhs machine. I do not want to buy an adaptor just to do 3 tapes. Can I take the reels and tape out of the VHS-C cartridge, and install them into a normal VHS cartridge, or will there be a difference (Out of alignment, speed difference, etc) Thanks Peter I suppose you technically could do that, but personally I'd look for an adapter, you ought to be able to buy one for next to nothing on ebay. |
VHS-C to VHS
Thanks Bruce and James
Will get one on ebay P "Peter K" wrote in message ... Hi Guys I was given some VHS Compact Videocasettes (from a friends camcorder). They nolonger have the camcorder and would like me to save the videos to DVD. I know you get adaptors that enable you to play this tape in a normal vhs machine. I do not want to buy an adaptor just to do 3 tapes. Can I take the reels and tape out of the VHS-C cartridge, and install them into a normal VHS cartridge, or will there be a difference (Out of alignment, speed difference, etc) Thanks Peter |
VHS-C to VHS
"James Sweet" writes:
"Peter K" wrote in message ... Hi Guys I was given some VHS Compact Videocasettes (from a friends camcorder). They nolonger have the camcorder and would like me to save the videos to DVD. I know you get adaptors that enable you to play this tape in a normal vhs machine. I do not want to buy an adaptor just to do 3 tapes. Can I take the reels and tape out of the VHS-C cartridge, and install them into a normal VHS cartridge, or will there be a difference (Out of alignment, speed difference, etc) Thanks Peter I suppose you technically could do that, but personally I'd look for an adapter, you ought to be able to buy one for next to nothing on ebay. Get an adapter. Once you screw up a tape trying to transfer it to another cassette, you can also ruin your VCR. And, if the content of the tapes are valuable, even more so. Whoever's asking you to do the transfer will fork over $10, right? :) --- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/ Repair | Main Table of Contents: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/ +Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm | Mirror Sites: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_mirror.html Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header above is ignored unless my full name AND either lasers or electronics is included in the subject line. Or, you can contact me via the Feedback Form in the FAQs. |
VHS-C to VHS
Sam Goldwasser wrote:
I was given some VHS Compact Videocasettes (from a friends camcorder). They nolonger have the camcorder and would like me to save the videos to DVD. Get an adapter. Once you screw up a tape trying to transfer it to another cassette, you can also ruin your VCR. And, if the content of the tapes are valuable, even more so. Whoever's asking you to do the transfer will fork over $10, right? :) Aren't there professional places that will run the video through a TBC and otherwise recover much nicer video, for a fairly reasonable fee? -- If you really believe carbon dioxide causes global warming, you should stop exhaling. |
VHS-C to VHS
Hello,
I have done just that but be careful, the reels should be changed, so remove the leader from the empty reel, install on the bigger, insert the reels into your big tape, full reel still small and empty is big, then very carefully keeping the tape horizontal insert into vcr, spool all the way towards the end and replace other reel, then rewind. The reason is that the small reel can fall out of the hole and jam the tape (or your deck!). I would just buy the adapter, not worth the hassle unless it's an emergency (which was the case when i did it). But no worries about speed differences, that won't happen. Cheetah |
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