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Message # 12881.1.1 Subject: Date: Thu 28/10/04 03:34:42 GMT Name: MK Email: wamtec@compuserve.com |
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The solution is real easy.....i.e. why pay for the high price of having your Beta tapes converted....when you can easily just go on Ebay and find old Betamax machines for sale and just buy one.
The only thing you have to remember is....some of the older Betamax machines have no composite video inputs and outputs...so you cannot copy stuff using the red, yellow and white cables as you normally do. In the old days...you had to copy tapes by using the coaxial cable method...i.e. your tv cable...which means you have to sync the 2 machines together via the rf tuner....i.e. pop a tape into the betamax vcr..and connect a coaxial cable to your vhs vcr...and then use the rf tuner to tune into whatever channel that device is using (channel 3 or 4 in the USA...or channels 27 to 30 for uk pal machines using the uhf signal).
Very easy to do.
If you have an ATI all in wonder card...that has a coaxial port...so then you can just capture from an old Betamax machine in analog directly to your pc.
Therefore...just buy an old Betamax machine from Ebay...and then you can capture your old Beta tapes to your PC...and then burn a DVD from your pc.
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In reply to Message (12881.1)  Re: Off Topic, Beta Conversion
By Sopping -
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My alternative is to have my Betamax repaired by one of several firms, advertised on the net. That is pricey, but I have lotsa footage.
I have investigaged having my Beta converted. Most services offer conversions to VHS tape at an unacceptable price per foot or minute. But VHS is on the way out, DVD is in. So I will wait a little longer until either the prices drop or I can do it myself.
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In reply to Message (12881)  Off Topic, Beta Conversion
By Drdamp -
A message for Sopping. I saw your posting about your unwatchable beta tape. Here in the UK we have various companies that can convert 8mm film and beta to VHS and DVD. I would imagine that since such a service is available here that it will be available in the States too.I just had a wedding video on beta converted to VHS for a friend and it cost 24 pounds, I'll leave you to work out what that is in dollars.At least you have the option of updating the beta video to a more modern media form.
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