Let’s assume for the moment that you would read up properly and do the work as carefully as our technicians – and also assume that you have the time for the painstaking work. What that leaves is two main issues. First, we have experience dealing with broken or damaged tapes that fail. Second, our equipment is very robust. We carry commercial grade machines from Sony, Panasonic and JVC and can mix and match to find the right answer for your tapes. Further, all of the at-home solutions use less stable USB connections and capture cards that down-convert the footage. We are using IEEE1394 firewire connections into capture cards that can capture over 14GB/hour of footage. The at-home VHS transfer rigs often cost under $100. Our VHS transfer station costs over $100,000. This is not to say that doing VHS to digital work at home is a bad thing; it can be a really fun project and you can adequately save a memory while saving money if you have the time and inclination. But when it comes to pure VHS transfer quality, we’ve invested a lot to build our capabilities and you certainly get what you pay for.