Posted by Gene on 02/04/07 22:12

I've finally concluded that there is NO good way to convert all my thousands
(literally) of VHS, 8mm, H-8, D8, and MiniDV library to DVD 4.7GB discs
at this time. They simply are too tiny, and double layer are too small &
expensive.
Blu-Ray ~27GB & the ~50GB discs will work arithmetically, or so it seems.


Questions:

1. Will Blu-Ray become the new standard, or is there another VHS out there
that will make Blu-Ray the Betacam?

2. Any thoughts on how long it will take the generic ~25GB discs to get to
the
$0.50/USD range in 1K quantities?


I'm guessing that something similar to the above will be available in 2
years,
and probably less.

My library has survived this long on tape, bet it will last another two
years.
BTW - all of my old tapes, both audio & video, that are > 30 years of age
play just fine. I do, however, have to be careful with the tapes separating
off the reels when rewinding.

Sure hope someone markets a camcorder that uses Blu-Ray discs (50GB size) -
and not tape:-)
A camcorder with a removable 250GB hard drive could work, but writing
directly to the final media
makes a lot of sense to me.

Gene

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