Is a VCR player the same as a VHS player?

Can you transfer a dvd movie to VHS using your VCR and DVD player?

• I have a project at school to do that requires me to edit an episode of a healthcare related show and follow a legal case through the entire episode without any commercials or other filler information from the episode. If I just record a show on television with my VCR I will have to take that tape somewhere to get it edited down to only what I need so I am curious to know if it is possible to play a movie on your dvd player and record it on your vhs, so that I could do my own editing of sorts. If someone can please tell me if this is possible and how to do it I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

• Answer:

  Yes, it is possible. New equipment sold today, however, has electronic circuits to pevent people from making copies. An old vcr would proably work. The older it is, the more likely it wont have the anti-copy protection circuitry.