hello! This is honestly a bit of a hail mary, but I’m looking for a shop that converts old VHS videos to digital in the yokohama area. Would you have any recommendations?
My dad lives near Yokohama and really wants to see some old family videos one last time. unfortunately, my language skills are limited, so I’m struggling even to trying to find local businesses that offer this service or what to google. I’m worried if we ship these videos internationally for us to convert them, the old film might get damaged with the airport scans, getting jostled etc etc. So I think ideally, they would get them converted locally. I would really love help if you have any recommendations for businesses. The nearest station to them is Aobadai, Yokohama, so something near there would be ideal. They are quite elderly and not very tech savvy, so I am worried that they will mess up their tv if i ask them to wire up a VHS player with an hdmi converter, even though that would be much simpler, which would be even worse for them. Even knowing what words to search on google maps would be incredibly helpful. Thank you very much!!
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Not from your neck of the woods so I can’t help you with the converting service. However another cheap and easy way to do it is to go to hardoff/offhouse and buy a cheap used VHS player.
カメラのキタムラ offers VHS to DVD conversion – https://www.kitamura-print.com/data_conversion/video_copy/dvd_copy/shop.html
There’s a couple around Machida station, so not too far from you.
I’ve got the equipment to capture and am also in Yokohama but it might be cheaper to get it done at kitamura~
you could try it yourself if you have a pc and vhs player.
get this [usb analog-digital video converter](https://www.amazon.co.jp/DATA-%E3%83%91%E3%82%BD%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E5%8F%96%E3%82%8A%E8%BE%BC%E3%81%BF-%E3%83%93%E3%83%87%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%97%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC-%E3%80%8C%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B3%E3%80%8D-GV-USB2/dp/B00428BF1Y) . and search youtube for ビデオキャプチャー機器 to learn how to use it. It is quite simple to use.
Else you could try kamerakitamura, there is one near aobadai station. Though quick check on the website say it may take 1 month. vhs dvd ダビング