Went to the local electronics store to purchase a VHS/DVD combo machine for a friend's birthday, and while I was there, I was looking at some DVD recorders. They've really come down in price - about $125 will buy you a decent one.

I want to convert some of my VHS tapes to DVD to save space and to not have to pack so much when I move my stuff around. I was tempted to purchase the recorder and connect it into my VCR so that I could do just this. So I asked the "techie guy", and his response to my questions as to whether or not I could do this was, "Can't do it. Purchased VHS taped movies have this encryption algorithm in it, and the DVD's won't turn out if you try to copy them from the VHS tape. Only home movies will work."

I said, "OK ... thanks for the info.," knowing that I smelled something really funny here. I think he gave me a massive load, but I'm not sure. My brother-in-law had an all-in-one DVD writer/VHS device, and he converted ALL of his VHS tapes to DVD without an issue. I have also dubbed VHS-to-VHS tons of times, and have never had a problem copying stuff.

So did this guy give me a major load, or is there some element of truth to this situation?

Thanks,
Michael

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