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Back when I was a teenager in Europe, my brother and I made some movies of our own with a camcorder. There's 4 VHS tapes full of this footage, about 3-4 hours on each tape, recorded in SP. A lot of material of family vacations, too, my now-dead dog, etc. In other words, stuff with enormous emotional value.

Herein lies the problem. I want to capture these tapes onto DVD. Don't worry, I already know how to convert VHS to DVD, so this isn't one of those threads. But I don't have a multiformat VCR, and these VHS tapes are recorded in PAL.

Since I already have a 1-year-old perfectly well functioning VCR, I'd rather not go and invest in a multiformat one just for these four tapes. What relatively cheap alternatives are there? Help me out with any advice you might have. I am not keen on the idea of buying a multiformat VCR from eBay, since used VCRs can eat the tape at times and that's the last thing I need.

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