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I don't know who else to ask but I have about 7 VHS tapes that are over 20 years old that I am afraid will go bad. I plan to have them converted to Digital or DVD.Whats the best thing to do so I have lasting memories of my family ? Thank you
Quoted from Atari_Daze:Convert them to Betamax.
Seriously there is likely a transfer service you can contract to convert for you, I know there are a couple in my town, but I'm in a big city.
I was planning to use a service. What is better, DVD or digital ? DVD's are probably going on the wayside ,correct ?
Quoted from gearheaddropping:I have been chipping away at VHS, HI8, and standard 8mm video almost every night to try and get our family stuff digitized.
We have so much, to have it done by any of the services would be pretty expensive and I have things setup to basically "fire and forget". I also want to try to minimize the capture compression rate and then work down from there as this is the LAST time I ever want to do this. If anyone wants to know what I use, PM me and I can let you know.
If you want to do this yourself and you want the best quality for your conversions, you WILL NEED to invest in a TBC (Time Base Corrector) due to the stretching and aging of the old media. Without this device, many tapes will have a distorted look and some capture software will freeze up and stop working. Thankfully, these devices that used to cost thousands of dollars, can be had on eBay for under $100 these days so its not a bad investment.
I thought about doing it myself but I'm not to good with technology. Mechanical stuff I can do though.
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