It certainly doesn't hurt to have USB 3.0. It's worth the extra cost when it's home videos you're trying to preserve.

I might've picked #2 myself.  If you ordered #4 on Amazon, hope you picked the Mac version.

Looking at the reviews on the one you picked, it's a mixed bag of comments.  I googled for some current independent reviews and that's linked below. You just don't know with these things. Pick one, try it and see if it works for your setup Maybe check some of them on Amazon and see what people are saying about them but Amazon's reviews ...

Okay. So all you want to do is archive the videos? Thought you wanted to edit them too. AFAIK, it's not possible to go directly from VHS-C to a dropbox cloud account. You'd have to digitize them to something first, likely a hard drive. You could digitize a couple tapes at a time, upload them, lather, rinse, repeat, until you've done all the ...

KGatz007: R_Vera:I have a VHS Player/Recorder and connect it to a Pillips DVD Recorder or Panasonic DVD Recorder I had purchased several years ago. I use DVD+RW or -RW to record my tapes and just import them into PS. Once done I just erase the disc and back to recording again. The quality is just fine and I can't complain about it. As per Mac ...

KGatz007: . . . . I searched the net a few times, but I also need a tape player or something. That’s the real problem.    I have a Samsung VR8460 VCR, with the remote, that you could borrow if needed. Haven't used it for a few years but it worked the last time I used it. You'd still need an interface to your device. And there's ...

KGatz007: My girls, well one of my girls, is bugging me to get the 100’s of hours vhs video I have of them put into digital. Kind of what brought me here, looking to see what the latest and greatest devices are out there these day to start transferring all that tape.  Something that will hook up to a Mac.  I already asked if studio was ...

Doing okay for a septaginarian, and yourself? Your girls are 24? Yikes, my daughter just turned 48!  Don't do a lot of video stuff these days. My granddaughter is 15 years old now so I'm past the point of doing cutesy birthday parties.  I was keeping in touch with Alley for quite a while but haven't heard from her recently (like in ...

 Well hi there, Kayla.  Do you still have that i7-920 PC I sold you 190. . . . . .?   prolly not! Your girls must have their own kids by now.  Joe

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