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Message: [QUOTE="Dick_in_MI, post: 4732638, member: 225"] It depends upon how many you want to convert. I had a bunch of old 8mm videos that were beyond my ability. I took them to a local place and had a grownup do it for me. I can do VHS conversions as well as they can, however. It goes without saying that you need a working VCR for all of this. Not sure how much commercial places are charging currently for VHS conversions. Your break even expense would depend upon the number of tapes plus how much time and effort you wanted to put into the whole thing yourself. I had a couple of interfaces over the years with their own software and they worked great. However, the manufacturers didn't update their software as new versions of WIN were launched and eventually, they no longer worked. There are a number of interface and software packages out there at very reasonable prices but most of them seem to come with online reviews complaining about compatibility. They may work or they may not with Win 11. Not sure about IOS. I currently use a self-contained interface by a company called Digitnow. They make several and I have the more expensive one. It is an interface with an HD screen, etc. No computer necessary. It records to an SD card, which you can then copy to your computer, or play back on the unit itself, or play on your TV via an HDMI cable. I move my digitized copies from the SD card to my computer and do redundant backups to an external SSD as well as the cloud. That part is just me because many of the videos are of family members no longer with me, so to me they are priceless. I hate to say it but I tossed all my old SU games when I was cleaning out my boxes of VHS tapes. I thought long and hard, but most were available on the internet. All of the tapes I have converted are of family. [/QUOTE]

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