cassette player to dvd recorder?

i have old video cassette's of holidays,birthdays,christmas etc, and i would like to transfer these to dvd my question is can i link up a video cassette recorder/player with a (dvd recorder which i will have to purchase) i already have video cassette player and dvd players but not a dvd recorder
i also have dvd/video combi but it is from dvd to cassette.