Hi there! I came across this forum on Google by accident when I was researching old Brewers memorabilia, particularly VHS tapes. Just this weekend I picked up the New Era VHS at a local store, and thought it would be great to remaster it for DVD. I work in the film/video field and regularly capture and restore video tapes onto DVD or Blu-ray, so I would be more than willing to help a fellow fan out. I don't use "all in one" solutions like store-bought USB capture devices to do basic transfers; I capture videos using high-quality professional equipment and then clean up the video and audio as best I can. That way, anything I want to preserve looks as good as it can be. It takes hours but I feel the extra clean-up work involved is worth the effort. Regarding copyright, as I understand it the law allows you to make a copy of something you legally own, e.g. a VHS onto DVD. What you cannot do is sell one without the other. So if you wanted to sell the VHS, you would have to include the DVD copy (for free) as part of the sale. But making a copy of something you own, for your own personal use, is entirely legal, just as it is legal for you to rip a CD that you own to MP3 files and put those files on your iPhone (or similar device). Presuming you are in WI and you want someone within the state to make copies of your tapes onto disc for safekeeping I would be more than happy to help you out. Perhaps you can drop me a line via PM?
