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. Get all the scoop. http://tv.msn.com/tv/globes2007/?icid=nctagline2