[AT] Backing up tractor pictures(VHS to CD)

[Ralph Goff]

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From: Phil Auten <pga2 at hot1.net>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [AT] Backing up tractor pictures and degenerating into
aramble.


> At the present time, transferring VHS (or Beta) to DVD is possible, but it
will
> take a lot more equipment than just a PC with a DVD burner and a TV Video
> card to do the job. I noticed a shop in Temple that has a sign out front
> advertising
> the transfer, but haven't checked on the prices yet.

Phil, I'm pretty sure I saw an ad for one of these  video transfer machines
that would transfer the VHS tape contents onto a CD. Can't recall the price
but I guess it would depend on how much tape a person had to transfer in
making the decision to buy. I just hoped that maybe the newer more powerful
computers might be able to do it on their own. But somebody else told me
that it would take a huge capacity on a computer's hard drive to transfer
video. After hearing how unstable VHS recordings can become as time goes by
I am a little concerned that I might eventually lose all the history I have
recorded.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/