VHS tapes to digital, photo prints to digital

[taco.vidal]

Anyone go through this process recently have suggestions?

First the VHS.
Id have to guess how many tapes but possibly 50 to get to digital that can be on a hard drive (I dont need DVD). Did you buy hardware/software and do it yourself OR did you take it in somewhere? Doing it yourself, is it as simple as setting it up and popping in a 6hr tape and then coming back when its done and popping in the next on? What was the cost of taking it in or sending it away?

Next the photo prints.
Lots of photos, probably thousands. Some have negatives, some dont. I dont know if negatives make things easier or higher quality but regardless, a lot of these will need to be done from prints. Did you do this yourself? Is it worth buying a quality scanner? Are there home scanners that I can feed a stack of photos in and it will feed them through or will this need to be done one by one on anything that isnt a professional grade scanner?
If you took it in somewhere, what was the cost per photo? Bulk discount?

Any recommendations on hardware/software to do it yourself or for places to take the tapes and photos in to?

[ken0042]

London Drugs was offering a photo box option for $180. Basically up to 800 photos digitized- which is about 23¢ each.
http://photoblog.londondrugs.com/pre...rugs-photolabs

For VHS to digital, years ago I bought a DVD recorder. Easy to use like a VCR. The one thing you can never get around is that it takes real time to transfer stuff.

[getbak]

I bought one of these a few years ago for VHS to digital conversions: http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/...10279176.aspx?

It works pretty good if you have a working VCR available.

[zamler]

Easier to just keep a VCR around. If you still want to do this grab a capture device and have fun

[jwslam]

Originally Posted by taco.vidal

Next the photo prints.
Lots of photos, probably thousands. Some have negatives, some dont.

https://www.amazon.ca/SainSonic-FS-0...gative+scanner

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by zamler

Easier to just keep a VCR around.

Yes, until that VCR dies or your tape gets damaged. If your VCR dies 10 years from now, it may be hard to find a replacement. If the tape gets damaged, you could lose some memory that cannot be replaced. Making a digital copy and keeping a cloud backup means you can watch it as many times as you want, and never have to worry about losing it.

[Fozzie_DeBear]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Yes, until that VCR dies or your tape gets damaged. If your VCR dies 10 years from now, it may be hard to find a replacement. If the tape gets damaged, you could lose some memory that cannot be replaced. Making a digital copy and keeping a cloud backup means you can watch it as many times as you want, and never have to worry about losing it.

And you are going to have to keep a TV around that can connect to the VCR...

[Ironhorse]

Along the same vein, is there a way to bulk scan slides?

[Jacks]

Never used them but heard good things.
http://www.mdicanada.net/