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Graham G3ZVT · 17th Jan 2020, 9:16 pm

I've got something I find invaluable in that scenario.
It's a cheap supermarket DVD recorder I bought years ago.

It has baseband audio and composite video inputs on RCA sockets, and also IEEE1394 "Firewire" input that was perfect for the last camcorder I owned

But more to the point here, it has a UHF/VHF tuner, so it will record direct from your VCR's RF output.

I record on a DVD-RW then pop the finalized disk into my PC and copy off the VOB files, then use the disk for something else.

17th Jan 2020, 9:16 pm	#12
Graham G3ZVT Dekatron Join Date: May 2010 Location: Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 18,724	Re: Digitising output from old Philips N1700 VCR I've got something I find invaluable in that scenario. It's a cheap supermarket DVD recorder I bought years ago. It has baseband audio and composite video inputs on RCA sockets, and also IEEE1394 "Firewire" input that was perfect for the last camcorder I owned But more to the point here, it has a UHF/VHF tuner, so it will record direct from your VCR's RF output. I record on a DVD-RW then pop the finalized disk into my PC and copy off the VOB files, then use the disk for something else. __________________ -- Graham. G3ZVT