Hiya, pretty much the title. I have a dozen tapes I want to backup before age takes its toll. My basic idea after watching some videos online is to buy a hardware based upscaler that can interface with my vcr then throw that signal to a video capture card and record on my computer. I’ll go with name brands to avoid problems but is that really the best method? I want to avoid sending them to a service since it will cost more than just buying the hardware in the first place and I got time to kill.
Your setup sounds fine. I would’ve suggested getting a capture card that will accept the analogue inputs of a VCR player, or an adapter to convert it to VGA, but that would only capture the video at its original quality (at best). You could then upscale it using computer software.