Question : Anybody know how to copy old vhs to dvd with copy right, aka macrovision. I am trying to convert my old tapes?
I am trying to covert all my sons old disney tapes to dvd for my daughter. I bought a dvd recorder with a built in vhs for dubbing and I tought I was set.I paid like $ 250.00. I was able to copy the first tape ANTZ , ( Dream Works Pictures) with no problems. Then I tried A Bugs Life, ( Disney / Pixar) and it said copy protected cannot copy. I tried other tapes with no success. Disney, Pixar, Dream Works, Universal. For whatever reason Antz worked now nothing else will. ANy help I can get would be appreciated. I am just trying to avoid having to buy all the dvd’s when I allready have the tapes.
copy vhs to dvd

Best answer:

Answer by Norm
Hi John,

Almost all pre recorded VHS tapes are copy protected. What you want to do is legal and you can do it with a device like “Sima T120 GoDVD”. It removes the copy guard and enhances the picture. You plug your source into it and plug it into the input of your recorder. In your case you need a separate VHS player. Feed the output of the VHS through the Sima and into the input on your DVD recorder.

I got mine at Best Buy. It was $ 49.95. It works well and I had no problems with it.

Here is an example of one – http://www.heartlandamerica.com/browse/item.asp?PIN=54817&

My copies came out pretty good. Not DVD quality but certainly acceptable viewing quality.

Norm