Many people had the big VHS camcorders to capture memories with their families back in the 90's and early 2000's. Before DVD's and digital camera were a household item, many precious moments were captured on these fragile tapes, and fragile they are. The tapes are so easily broken and lost and unfortunately its very challenging to save a damaged VHS tape. Not only VHS tapes, but the small tapes that were made only for certain smaller cameras can also be saved and viewed easily. I found two Christmas's ago that this was the perfect idea for a gift for my parents and I want to share it with all of you.On amazon, a VHS to DVD converter sells for as inexpensive as $45.00. It can also convert the smaller tapes I mentioned earlier. The directions are very simple and you have to do is be patient and allow the tape to play and be recorded onto the DVD.
If you are making it as a gift you may want to also purchase a few DVD sticker covers that you can print out with labels. I personally scanned older pictures onto the computer that correlated with the video memories and used the photo and text to label each DVD. It really adds a nice touch. Once you have all of the DVD's labeled and recorded, test them out to make sure it worked correctly, and then put them in a nice decorative box for safe keeping. Parents and grandparents adore this gift.
Also, I downloaded these videos from the DVD to my computer and used them to make montages for my family and friends, then uploaded those to Youtube and burned them to DVD's for more gifts. Below are a few videos I created.
Enjoy!
