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Transfer Analog VHS to DVD Digital Signal Conversion

When we transfer VHS to DVD, Home Movie Depot is transferring an analog signal to a digital signal. Thus, this home movie transfer involves converting the signal, not just copying the picture. Our customers who transfer VHS to DVD, find our process to be very accurate and true to their original home movies- regardless of the signal conversion. The difference in the signal is most easily expressed through these graphs.

As the name implies, a DVD, or digital video disc, is a digital media. The word digital itself stems from the Latin word for fingers, digit. You can use your fingers for counting whole, or exact, quantities of things. Similarly, digital signals must be as discrete.

A digital signal is a signal that consists of only two states. The signal uses binary numbers (0s and 1s) for input, processing, transmission, storage, or display. Data represented by the 1 means that a pulse, either electrical or optical, is present. Conversely, data represented by a 0 indicates the absence of any pulse. No stage can exist on an area between the two binary numbers.

The term analog relates to the term analogy, which is a literary tool that highlights the similarities between two different things. Just as an analogy must respect the concrete difference between two objects, an analog signal must respect any differences in the home movie footage by representing them in the media’s signal.

Camcorder and VHS tapes use magnetic tape, thus containing an analog signal. An analog, or analogue, signal is any variable signal continuous in both time and amplitude. Where digital signals are discrete; analog signals take into account the small fluctuations in a signal. This can result in noise, or random variation in the signal.

The transfer from VHS to DVD will not harm or sacrifice your home movie material.

Home Movie Depot is proud to price match any of our competitor's Video Tape to DVD transfers. If you find a lower price from another company for this service, simplycontact us and we will match their price!