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[quote=Anonymous]What level of quality do you want and how much do you want to pay?

If these are one-of-a-kind tapes of historical importance (or just precious footage of your kids), you want this done professionally.  DC Video in DC, Colorlab in Maryland, and Guy Spiller in Richmond all have good reputations for doing this sort of video preservation work (they might not all deal with VHS, but they will know where to send you if they don't).  You want uncompressed full-resolution interlaced files for preservation and probably DVDs for viewing.  Make multiple copies, store in geographically separate locations, etc.  This won't be cheap, but it is the best option for preserving something important.  And keep the original tapes stored in a cool, dry place, in a vertical position.

(Note that flash drives stored on the shelf aren't a good choice for long-term storage, since they are essentially made up of capacitors which will lose their charge over time.  Either use online storage or spinning hard disks stored on the shelf.)

If the footage is more mundane, Kodak Digitizing does this stuff cheaply and effectively.  Lots of places re-sell the service.[/quote]

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