Video recorders have changed over the past year or so. VHS has been with us for a quarter of a century or more and finally some replacements have come along. There are 2 replacemnents on offer:

* DVD Recorders - recording TV (or home movies) onto a DVD disc
* PVR (Personal Video Recorder) - A video recorder without tape, usually with a hard drive inside, allowing easy recording & playback.

Computers can be useful for editing things stored onto DVD or PVR's.
Let's deal with the DVD recorder first. We have a programme that we want to keeep, maybe edit out the adverts & then burn or re-author onto a seperate DVD disc. I use a program called MPEG Streamclip which is available for Mac & Windows (& is free).
It lets you quickly re-encode sections of the disc, ready to burn back to a DVD using a DVD creation prog. it also lets you convert the size & type of video file, either for internet use or to different online video formats.
Please take the time to read the instructions for installing, especially in regard to windows. A tutorial link is listed under tutorials on the left hand side of this page.