When copying DVD files on to DVD or digital formats, you can just transfer them to the format without too much hassle. Just because you\u2019ve created a four-hour epic of Sheila and Pete\u2019s wedding day, the transfer won\u2019t actually take four hours to complete. The files are all digital anyway, right? So while the transfer may take a while, it won\u2019t be real-time.<\/p>\n
But let\u2019s say you\u2019ve got that awesome home movie recorded on VHS \u2013 then we\u2019re dealing with the real-time factor. And suddenly going through that four-hour marathon of romance and memories can become a serious chore.<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s a reason that converting VHS to DVD<\/a> happens in real-time, and it\u2019s all down to the helical scan \u2013 which sort of sounds like a gadget aboard to Starship Enterprise. The helical scan is the method with which images are recorded onto the magnetic film inside a video-tape. Fun fact of the day, pub quiz fans, VHS originally stood for Vertical Helical Scan before being changed to Video Home System.<\/p>\n So what happens? Well, when you pop your video inside the player, the tape\u2019s taken from the cassette and wound past the read\/write head. That\u2019s where the magic happens, and the images on screen are recorded to the tape. The head produces a magnetic field which correspond to the signal being recorded, and as the tape passes along it, that magnetic signal is printed to the tape.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And although there have been digital applications used in the helical scan process, these formats need a far higher bandwidth \u2013 which means the tape would have to run super-fast to even capture anything, and that\u2019d require a ton of tape. But it works perfectly for analogue tech like video-tapes.<\/p>\n Another fun fact, helical means spiral. Y\u2019know, like a helix. And that\u2019s the clue to how it all works inside. \u00a0The tape is drawn from one reel, rotated around a tilted drum head at a speed of almost 6m\/s, and deposited on to the other reel, completed with shiny new images.<\/p>\n This doesn\u2019t just happen when recording, but also playing the footage back. The magnetic tape needs to be spun around the scanner in order to show the picture on the strip. And that\u2019s why converting VHS to DVD happens in real-time.<\/p>\n So if you fancy getting your videos transferred on to DVD, and don\u2019t want to hassle of sitting through those awesome epics you\u2019ve recorded, why not let the professionals do it for you. Here at Video 2 DVD Transfers we\u2019ve had years of experience creating the perfect transfer system. For more information about what we do, how we do it, and how we can help you preserve your memories, simply contact us<\/a> on 0800 592 433 and our experienced team will be delighted to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When copying DVD files on to DVD or digital formats, you can just transfer them to the format without too much hassle. Just because you\u2019ve created a four-hour epic of Sheila and Pete\u2019s wedding day, the transfer won\u2019t actually take four hours to complete. The files are all digital anyway, right? So while the transfer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1410,"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions\/1410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}