Posted by Rick Merrill on 02/05/07 21:33

Gene wrote:
> 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.

1. You're right.
2. you're wrong (think outside the box) - media itself is obsolete
BECAUSE your valued data should be mirrored on the internet - the data
will migrate to hard drives and to whatever the latest and greatest
(read cheapest and most widespread) media there is. I.E. you don't
really CARE what "media" it's on - ok, maybe I'm too far ahead of the times.

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