Unable to find a VHS player to buy, I bought a refurbished VHS/DVD recorder from Best Buy for about $100 which works fine for transferring VHS to DVD.
Ed __________ Ed Angel Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 1017 Sierra Pinon Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-984-0136 (home) an...@cs.unm.edu 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel On Apr 8, 2013, at 8:36 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 07:40:48PM -0600, Steve Smith wrote: >> I saw recently on one of my rare visits to either WalMart or >> Walgreens someone sitting at a console almost like a video-game >> machine or a do-it-yourself blood-pressure kiosk, scanning >> photographs onto (I assume) CD. There was a slot for sliding in >> photos, another for negatives and I presume one for slides? I also >> saw a slot for VHS tapes... I didn't linger, but it looked like >> this self-service Kiosk (had a credit-card reader) was designed for >> folks with no ability or inclination to rig/wire/mangle up the right >> gear to their computer to get their family "jewels" digitized. >> >> I didn't notice pricing, but it had to be commodity-based or who >> would use it? >> >> I know this probably doesn't help you "down under" but then again, >> maybe there are similar services about in Oz? >> > > I haven't seen any, but I'll keep an eye out, it could be useful, > depending on how fast they are. > > Companies specialising in VHS transfer and Cine film transfer do > exist. I've used them for cine film, as I have relative small footages > in that format, but they're too expensive for VHS :). > > Cheers > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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