Re: [ARSCLIST] Fw: VHS archiving question

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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