When connecting the eas圜AP for the first time it will need to install its drivers. You will need to connect the matching colored composite cables from your VCR to the eas圜AP. The eas圜AP is a USB 2.0 capture stick that you can find on eBay or Amazon for very cheap. Both of these come with their own software to capture with, but to be honest, the software is usually sub par. I have chosen two USB capture sticks to compare being the eas圜AP and the ezcap 159. I have an article called 7 Video Capture Devices Tested On Windows 10 that also points out USB driver issues that can happen when connecting these devices to different Windows Pcs. The various named eas圜AP USB capture sticks are generally what everyone thinks of when it comes to transferring VHS to digital. If you check the 1:30 second mark you’ll notice tears in the VHS quality where the Panasonic was able to maintain some quality.Īny VHS jumps and degradation will copy over onto the disc regardless. Regardless of the DVD/VCR combo device that you may use, it is advised to finalize the discs in case said machine decides to break down.įinalization can take up to ten minutes depending on the length of the copy.Ībove is a sample videos from both the DMR-ES10 and LG RC689D side by side. In order to make the disc playable on other devices, you will need to finalize the DVD. You can see the device indicates there is still 1 hour left of recording in standard play.

The above picture is good example of the whole two hour limit. All in one combo drives don’t usually require you to hit the play button. Simply select yes and the LG RC689D will do the rest. Holding down the DUBBING button will prepare the transfer. And considering we are dealing with low resolutions already, I don’t advise reducing it further. If you were to choose LP (LONG PAY) you are reducing the quality of picture to fit more time onto one disc. SP also known as STANDARD PLAY will record approximately 2 hours of footage. As I mentioned earlier, choosing a quality for the DVD is essential.

Panasonic vcr to dvd conversion