kamyio said:

Donations would go back into the amount of the VHS to digital converter and and then a blu ray burner.

I'm searching for cheaper alternatives as all the software I have been able to find as torrents.

You can't possibly be asking people to help buy you a blu-ray burner or software. Further, are you trying to download retail software? That's frowned on too. Maybe I misunderstood that part?

Look, if you were wanting donations to help you build a wampa replica for recreating a scene from Empire Strikes Back (for instance), I could understand this. But you're asking for money because you can't afford widely available hardware and software?

Maybe you'll find a few people here to help you out, but I doubt it.