While DVD and Blu-ray dominate today’s world, VHS tapes ruled supreme in the ’80s and ’90s. It wasn’t uncommon for families to document birthday parties, holidays, sporting events, and other big ...

This article also appeared in the December 2014 issue of Consumer Reports magazine. Q. I need to convert my VCR tapes to DVDs. Can you recommend a device to do that?—Liss Lieberman, Bay Shore, NY A.

Those VHS tapes sitting in your closet won't last forever. And if you don't have a VCR anymore, those home movies are pretty useless. If you really want those tapes to stand the test of time, you ...

I used CVS to convert three old VHS tapes to DVD. The process was simple — I dropped off my tapes at the photo counter and picked up the DVDs about 4.5 weeks later. The DVDs worked fine, and the tapes ...

Time keeps moving forward, and old technologies like VHS tapes are fading away. Many of us have tapes full of family memories, but without a VCR, we can’t watch them anymore. These tapes are in danger ...

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Q: I’ve got a ton of old VHS tapes. How can I put them on DVD? A: You’ll need a computer that has a DVD recorder and Honest Technology’s VHS to DVD 5.0, for Windows computers ($50; honestech.com) or ...

Back in ancient times, before smartphones and digital cameras, we had picture slides and VHS tapes. And if you’re like us, you have boxes of them stashed away in a closet or your attic. But now ...

(NBC) - They're everywhere. VHS tapes, stacked in closets and on shelves and in boxes out in the garage. These tapes deteriorate rapidly. In fact, after 10 years, they breakdown significantly. If you ...