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06-23-2014, 03:43 PM
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Hi to all,

First post here.

I have seen lots of guides and topics about converting old cassette home videos to DVD.
I haven't had a DVD player since 2009; I watch videos on my laptop and nowadays ondemand (Netflix, etc...).

How many of you would still convert a VHS, S-VHS, Hi8, you name it, to a DVD as opposed to only archiving it in the PC?

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06-23-2014, 05:55 PM
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I plan on doing both. Gotta get a new PC first though. As well as some more external Hard drives. Finally got a new job, so the money issue isn't a problem anymore, finding the time to record is lol.
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I archive to both.
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06-23-2014, 11:43 PM
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Which format are you capturing your videos with?
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How many of you would still convert a VHS, S-VHS, Hi8, you name it, to a DVD as opposed to only archiving it in the PC?
It depends on who gets a final copy -and- how it's planned to be watched.
- Distribution is obviously a disc.
- Family is a disc.
- Me only is external drives, watched with a WDTV on an HDTV.

Referring to MPEG-2 based content here, not streaming.

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Hi to all,

First post here.

I have seen lots of guides and topics about converting old cassette home videos to DVD.
I haven't had a DVD player since 2009; I watch videos on my laptop and nowadays ondemand (Netflix, etc...).

How many of you would still convert a VHS, S-VHS, Hi8, you name it, to a DVD as opposed to only archiving it in the PC?

Cheers.
To DVD, + lossless HDD archive for important stuff. I also do some SD BluRay, but since I know only one person other than myself who owns a BluRay player (and I have a ton of Italian relatives!), I make DVD's for others. Transfers of their old tapes go to DVD and a backup DVD.

If you no longer have a first-rate disc player and don't buy retail, it must have been a long time since you've seen a first-rate digital job on a well-calibrated TV. I couldn't live that way. But everyone has their druthers. Makes the world go 'round.
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