Using a VHS-DVD combo or separate VCR and DVD burner If you’ve got a ton of videos to transfer, you may want to take on the job yourself to save some cash. The best way to convert on your own is ...

Some DVD players with VCRs include the option to record to VHS tapes. Not every DVD-VCR combo has a recording feature, so it’s important to check that a model you hope to buy has one if you need it.

No one loves a bargain quite as much as my mate Neil. He's just discovered there's something better than a VCR-DVD player combo for $99 - and that's a VCR-DVD player combo for nothing.

Although we're huge fans of convergence around here -- i.e. packing as many functions as possible into a single device -- our love of feature-creep has never extended to VCR / DVD combo units ...