transferring vcr home videos to dvd ??

[prendi]

i purchased a combi vcr/dvd recorder to transfer my home videos to dvd.all worked fine but then some of the tapes had terrible sound and picture faults,yet when i played them on an old vcr they were perfect,my question is what kind of lead do i use to transfer the tapes from my old vcr to the dvd recorder? and also is it possible to record my tapes on to a video camcorder,then transfer them to the dvd ?i am tearing my hair out !!!!

[rojash]

"what kind of lead do i use to transfer the tapes from my old vcr to the dvd recorder?"
Presumably each machine has a SCART socket, in which case you just need a SCART lead.

"is it possible to record my tapes on to a video camcorder,then transfer them to the dvd?" I would think that would pretty much guarantee a cr@ppy result.