thanks for this info, I will be around the corner from my Best Buy (NY) in a day or two and will check with them. Vicki in WNY researching these from NY and PA mostly: Arwin, Baker, Barrett, Brokaw, Brandow, Butler,Carnes, Crowe, Dean, Ferris, Golden, Havens, Hendershott, Hoxter, Huber, Isaman, Jenks (all variations), Kelleher, Knapp, Koons, Lundrigan, Makeley, McDermott, Mehlenbacher, Merritt, Neu, Northrup, O'Connor, Osincup, Patterson, Powers, Quick, Rahmlow, Robertson, Robinson, Root, Ryan, Slaughter, Stocum, Wade, White, Wilcox, Wright, Van Oxx (Oxx), Vanbenschoter, Yeckley, Young, Zimmerman. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:25 PM Subject: [NYJEFFER] Videotape to DVD and 8mm to VHS I'm sure there are several manufacturers of similar machines (for vhs to dvd) and you would do well to comparison shop. Mine happens to be a JVC (model DR-MV5S) purchased at a local (Maryland) Best Buy in October of 2005. Electronics change so fast that I'm sure there could be other brands available and the particular kind I bought may not still be available. The key thing is to be sure it plays *and* records dvd's. There are different kinds of blank DVD's you can buy and you want to buy the type that your machine can record on. The user guide will tell you which type to buy. Most DVD players will play many formats but the recorders may record to just one or two formats. I'm doing a simple wholesale transfer from tape to dvd. There are people who will professionally do transfers, add captions, special effects, etc. for a fee. As for 8mm, I did convert some old movies to VHS years ago. I did it what I could only call the 'old fashioned' way. I did it at night in a darkened room with a movie screen and projector set up and my video camera on a tripod aimed at the movie screen. I had the sound turned off on the video camera (it had a removable microphone). This made little difference to the movie as it also had no sound to begin with. This way (turning off sound on the video camera) no extraneous sound (like the sound of the projector) made it onto the videotape. In retrospect, I could have left the sound on and narrated on to the video tape the names of people, places etc that I was seeing on the movie. I did have an aunt do some narration for one film. I do keep a separate printed index of photos and films to id who is on which. Many of the old films passed on to me date back to the early 1940's. I hoped to find one of my parents marriage from 1941. Several films that my uncle had spliced together came apart and I was not able to continue with some films. Now that I've begun transferring my old VHS tapes to DVD, the old 8mm films (by being on VHS) will become part of that process. If you no longer have a working projector, there are people/firms who will professionally do a transfer of the old films for a fee. I was fortunate that some of my relatives still had working projectors. Using a profession might (I wouldn't guarantee it) avoid the problem of spliced films coming apart where they were spliced. It's something you could ask about. Hope this helps - Russ From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYJEFFER] Five generations on a Videotape Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:06:19 -0500 What is the name of your wonderful sounding machine and where might I find one? I have some tapes from the 80's that I would like to do over on disk form. Also does anyone know how I could do the same with some 8mm films from when I was a girl? Vicki in WNY researching these from NY and PA mostly: Arwin, Baker, Barrett, Brokaw, Brandow, Butler,Carnes, Crowe, Dean, Ferris, Golden, Havens, Hendershott, Hoxter, Huber, Isaman, Jenks (all variations), Kelleher, Knapp, Koons, Lundrigan, Makeley, McDermott, Mehlenbacher, Merritt, Neu, Northrup, O'Connor, Osincup, Patterson, Powers, Quick, Rahmlow, Robertson, Robinson, Root, Ryan, Slaughter, Stocum, Wade, White, Wilcox, Wright, Van Oxx (Oxx), Vanbenschoter, Yeckley, Young, Zimmerman. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 2:15 PM Subject: [NYJEFFER] Five generations on a Videotape Thanks for the comments. Video has been around for some time and if anyone reading this has any precious tapes you may do well to consider transferring them to video. I'm having very good results with my 'dual' machine. It is literally a 'one touch' operation where I put the vhs tape in the left side, a formatted dvd on the right side, press the one button and sit back and watch the old tapes while it runs. That machine cost $300 a couple of years ago. If it is like most electronics, it is probably a bit cheaper now. One more thing - the more copies I have at various different houses (my own brothers and sisters, my in-laws), the better I feel. The content is irreplacable and catastrophes (fire, flood, theft) do happen. Russ From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYJEFFER] Five generations on a Videotape Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:09:22 EST Russ, I enjoyed reading about how to conduct interviews and such ,as well as your experience with having the five generations all on tape.It is a fantastic feeling to be able to see them all again all together, as one fondly remembers their relatives. Right now I am in the process of having more movie film put to DVD's which too holds my five generations.My daughter's baptism,present and holding her was her gr gr grandmother,next to her was her daughter,(my daughters gr grandmother)next to her was her daughter(my daughters grandmother)and next to her was her daughter,me.We're were approx. 22 1/2 yr. age span between the five of us. A number of years ago I had all of my parents movie film put to VHS tapes for my father one year for Christmas.He was in Indiana at the time spending time with my brother and his family.I received a phone call from my father a day or two after Christmas,telling me how he cried like a baby seeing his parents and us kids along with my mother from so many years ago.He had forgotten about the movie films and wasn't really up on VHS tapes he only watched game shows at the time.To make a long story short,he wore the tape out.Luckily,I had the master copy.Back then it was a small fortune to transfer to VHS.To do 200' was $150.Now it can be done for $49 for 250' and each additional foot is $.06. and that is straight to DVD. One thing worth mentioning before I cut this off.If you do have VHS tapes and are not going to be transferring them any time soon,be sure to run the tapes fast forward and then rewind them to avoid any mildew or dampness ruining them.Every couple of months,the family tapes I have I run threw the VCR so the tapes don't stick together.It may be the climate you are in but between Florida and now Puerto Rico the humidity will ruin them for sure. That's my $.02 worth.And Russ,again,thank you for posting the info.This list is a treasure of information. Denise ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes is here. 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I have a Panasonic that I bought a year and a half ago at Sam's Club. Thanks for sharing all of this good info. I intend to do battle with some old 8mm films this year for next year's Christmas and I am dreading it. >From VHS to DVD is relatively easy and can be edited quite satisfactorily. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [NYJEFFER] Videotape to DVD and 8mm to VHS > thanks for this info, I will be around the corner from my Best Buy (NY) in > a day or two and will check with them. Vicki in WNY > > researching these from NY and PA mostly: Arwin, Baker, Barrett, Brokaw, > Brandow, Butler,Carnes, Crowe, Dean, Ferris, Golden, Havens, Hendershott, > Hoxter, Huber, Isaman, Jenks (all variations), Kelleher, Knapp, Koons, > Lundrigan, Makeley, McDermott, Mehlenbacher, Merritt, Neu, Northrup, > O'Connor, Osincup, Patterson, Powers, Quick, Rahmlow, Robertson, Robinson, > Root, Ryan, Slaughter, Stocum, Wade, White, Wilcox, Wright, Van Oxx (Oxx), > Vanbenschoter, Yeckley, Young, Zimmerman. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:25 PM > Subject: [NYJEFFER] Videotape to DVD and 8mm to VHS > > > I'm sure there are several manufacturers of similar machines (for vhs to > dvd) and you would do well to comparison shop. Mine happens to be a JVC > (model DR-MV5S) purchased at a local (Maryland) Best Buy in October of > 2005. Electronics change so fast that I'm sure there could be other > brands available and the particular kind I bought may not still be > available. The key thing is to be sure it plays *and* records dvd's. There > are different kinds of blank DVD's you can buy and you want to buy the > type that your machine can record on. The user guide will tell you which > type to buy. Most DVD players will play many formats but the recorders may > record to just one or two formats. > > I'm doing a simple wholesale transfer from tape to dvd. There are people > who will professionally do transfers, add captions, special effects, etc. > for a fee. > > As for 8mm, I did convert some old movies to VHS years ago. I did it what > I could only call the 'old fashioned' way. I did it at night in a darkened > room with a movie screen and projector set up and my video camera on a > tripod aimed at the movie screen. I had the sound turned off on the video > camera (it had a removable microphone). This made little difference to the > movie as it also had no sound to begin with. This way (turning off sound > on the video camera) no extraneous sound (like the sound of the projector) > made it onto the videotape. In retrospect, I could have left the sound on > and narrated on to the video tape the names of people, places etc that I > was seeing on the movie. I did have an aunt do some narration for one > film. I do keep a separate printed index of photos and films to id who is > on which. > > Many of the old films passed on to me date back to the early 1940's. I > hoped to find one of my parents marriage from 1941. Several films that my > uncle had spliced together came apart and I was not able to continue with > some films. Now that I've begun transferring my old VHS tapes to DVD, the > old 8mm films (by being on VHS) will become part of that process. If you > no longer have a working projector, there are people/firms who will > professionally do a transfer of the old films for a fee. I was fortunate > that some of my relatives still had working projectors. Using a profession > might (I wouldn't guarantee it) avoid the problem of spliced films coming > apart where they were spliced. It's something you could ask about. > > Hope this helps - > > Russ > > From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NYJEFFER] Five generations on a Videotape > Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:06:19 -0500 > > What is the name of your wonderful sounding machine and where might I find > one? I have some tapes from the 80's that I would like to do over on disk > form. Also does anyone know how I could do the same with some 8mm films > from when I was a girl? Vicki in WNY > > researching these from NY and PA mostly: Arwin, Baker, Barrett, Brokaw, > Brandow, Butler,Carnes, Crowe, Dean, Ferris, Golden, Havens, Hendershott, > Hoxter, Huber, Isaman, Jenks (all variations), Kelleher, Knapp, Koons, > Lundrigan, Makeley, McDermott, Mehlenbacher, Merritt, Neu, Northrup, > O'Connor, Osincup, Patterson, Powers, Quick, Rahmlow, Robertson, Robinson, > Root, Ryan, Slaughter, Stocum, Wade, White, Wilcox, Wright, Van Oxx (Oxx), > Vanbenschoter, Yeckley, Young, Zimmerman. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 2:15 PM > Subject: [NYJEFFER] Five generations on a Videotape > > Thanks for the comments. Video has been around for some time and if anyone > reading this has any precious tapes you may do well to consider > transferring > them to video. I'm having very good results with my 'dual' machine. It is > literally a 'one touch' operation where I put the vhs tape in the left > side, > a formatted dvd on the right side, press the one button and sit back and > watch the old tapes while it runs. That machine cost $300 a couple of > years > ago. If it is like most electronics, it is probably a bit cheaper now. > > One more thing - the more copies I have at various different houses (my > own > brothers and sisters, my in-laws), the better I feel. The content is > irreplacable and catastrophes (fire, flood, theft) do happen. > > Russ > > From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NYJEFFER] Five generations on a Videotape > Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:09:22 EST > > Russ, > > I enjoyed reading about how to conduct interviews and such ,as well > as > your experience with having the five generations all on tape.It is a > fantastic feeling to be able to see them all again all together, as one > fondly > remembers their relatives. > Right now I am in the process of having more movie film put to DVD's > which too holds my five generations.My daughter's baptism,present and > holding > her was her gr gr grandmother,next to her was her daughter,(my daughters > gr > grandmother)next to her was her daughter(my daughters grandmother)and next > to > her was her daughter,me.We're were approx. 22 1/2 yr. age span between the > five > of us. > A number of years ago I had all of my parents movie film put to VHS > tapes for my father one year for Christmas.He was in Indiana at the time > spending time with my brother and his family.I received a phone call from > my father > a day or two after Christmas,telling me how he cried like a baby seeing > his > parents and us kids along with my mother from so many years ago.He had > forgotten about the movie films and wasn't really up on VHS tapes he only > watched > game shows at the time.To make a long story short,he wore the tape > out.Luckily,I had the master copy.Back then it was a small fortune to > transfer to VHS.To > do 200' was $150.Now it can be done for $49 for 250' and each additional > foot > is $.06. and that is straight to DVD. > One thing worth mentioning before I cut this off.If you do have VHS > tapes and are not going to be transferring them any time soon,be sure to > run the > tapes fast forward and then rewind them to avoid any mildew or dampness > ruining them.Every couple of months,the family tapes I have I run threw > the > VCR so > the tapes don't stick together.It may be the climate you are in but > between > Florida and now Puerto Rico the humidity will ruin them for sure. > That's my $.02 worth.And Russ,again,thank you for posting the info.This > list is a treasure of information. > > Denise > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes is here. 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