Just do a Google for Video Stabilization Box. Set you back 100 bucks or so and a lot of time, but if you are really into preserving hardcopys of low-res Disney movies, I think its your only option.
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Michael C. Robinson < plu...@robinson-west.com> wrote: > I want to do away with VHS. VHS tapes take up too much space > compared to say DVDs or a Linux server with a single hard drive. > > Trouble is, those darn Disney tapes seem to be copy protected. I > believe it is legal to make a backup copy of a commercial VHS tape > for personal use, but how does one get past the copy protection? > The LiteOn DVD burner / VHS tape deck my Dad bought years ago works > for going from VHS to DVD when a camcorder is involved, but forget > copying any commercial tapes. The minute you pop in a VHS tape of > say Aladdin and hit the copy button, copy protection flashes on the > television screen. The copier obviously knows somehow that the source > VHS tape is copy protected material. > > I having nothing against Disney per se trying to make it impossible > to copy Disney VHS tapes, but Disney should offer a send in your VHS > tape and we will give you a rebate on a replacement DVD copy program. > > What do people know about going from VHS to a local area network > file server legality wise and technologically speaking? What > works and what doesn't work? Is it legal to stream commercial > videos from a local area file server for private home use? Is > it legal to copy the VHS case pictures to put on a private local > area network titles web page? I'm thinking a thin client can > connect to the actual television and use that television as the > monitor so to speak. Streaming would involve pulling so many > minutes into a large memory buffer off of the network before > that many minutes is played so that there is no jitter. The > thin client would run NFS root off of the network. > > Once the commercial videos are copied to say DVD discs, is it > necessary law wise to keep the original VHS copies? > > Are there companies that convert commercial VHS tapes to DVDs > for you legally? I'd happily pay $10 plus the VHS tape to > trade up to a legal DVD copy. > > The only problem with replacing VHS tapes with DVDs is that even DVDs > take up a lot of space and you end up with a my DVD library is too big > problem. > > If it isn't legal to even back up commercial VHS tapes, just say so. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Darren R. Couch dco...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug