Re: [ARSCLIST] Fw: VHS archiving question

[Robert Hodge <rjhodge@xxxxxxx>]

That sounds like a good plan to me. Especially if you don't have a
budget the is bottomless.  The only small detail I'd add is burn  one
dvd copy to a gold archival standard disc. Let the playback disc and
subsequent copies be the usual silver one. 

Bob Hodge 

>>> tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 7/24/2006 6:06 PM >>>
For something like a girl scout council, my advice would be:

1. get a decent DVD recorder, one with a hard drive, and task someone
with learning all the stupid 
ins and outs of the user interface.
2. dub the tapes to DVD and then make copies from those DVD's
3. keep the tapes.

One man's advice, etc.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Fisher" <wmfisher@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 2:32 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Fw: VHS archiving question


Hi,

I think there are lots of folks with good advise for Ashley on this
list.  Please reply to Ashley 
directly via the e-dress at the end of this message.

Thanks.

Martin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ashley Tate
To: wmfisher@xxxxxxxx 
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 3:10 PM
Subject: VHS archiving question


Dear Martin,

Betsy Snowden gave me your email address and said that you might be
able to
help me with a project that I am working on for the Girl Scout Council
of
Cumberland Valley. The Council has about 300 VHS and Beta tapes that
they've
asked me to convert to DVD and archive. I've read a little about
archiving
video and from what I understand DVD is not the best method. Do you
know if
this is correct? But if DVD is not the best method, then what is?

I would love to hear any advice that you have on the subject. It is
all
completely new to me.

Thanks for your assistance!
Ashley Tate
ashleyfallstate@xxxxxxxxxxx 

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