Sunday, Dec 10, 2006 at 09:58
Hey Banjo (WA) ! Good to hear from you.Your inquiry would seem to indicate you have material to archive.Be it linear (VHS / DV tapes) or emulsion based (Negative or positive..photo/slide) they are all degrading every day.There are no hospitals for your originals.They just keep getting sicker every day and die.Some may even feel that we are selfish not to take steps to preserve such pictorial history for future generations to share.Suggest you and others in same boat get the
wheels rolling to implement a solid backup procedure to a digital disc base.My understanding is that,once archived to CD..DVD..DV-tape,the information can be faithfully re-produced over and over,thereby eleminating the "lossy" (lousy) sit we had with negs,positives and VHS / S-VHS tapes.Now,presuming you suffered all the above,to answer your question..Prices! On first receiving your quote from Mr Bruce Josephs or others at DVD Infinity,you will no doubt,buck..Then,as reality sets in and you realise you really only have one chance at getting this right,knowing full
well these guys are at least as good as their publicity "blurbs" indicate,unless you are willing to settle for second rate dubs done on the old "projection" system (hot),you will pack up the originals and get DVD Infinity to complete the mission.The "cold" scan method they use for movie frames of any format and film based photo materials,together with the clever software which enhances greatly the final result visually,will justify your financial outlay.(Sorry if he rambled on a bit)..Talk's cheap..Have fun..RockyOne
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