Time flies

[dbk]

Cleaning out some stuff in storage and came across this:

Ford GT presentation on VHS? Yikes. This medium is completely dead and the one after it is rapidly on its way out. Now I just have to find a way to get this tape from VHS to my computer so I can upload it.

 

[SuperNova]

My wife has archived a ton of VHS media, we've used a few different pieces of equipment. Believe that Samsung made a VHS to DVD piece of equipment, we still have ours as a just in case. Once I'm back from vacation I'll send the model number along, wasn't that expensive from what I recall

 

[BlackICE]

The tape may have copy protection on it, making good copies difficult with standard VHS/DVD recorders.

 

[GTdrummer]

I can remember paying $1100 for a VHS player in about 1979. It weighed about 30 pounds and appeared to be water driven. When I showed my parents I could tape a TV show, it was like Martians had landed.

 

[Howard]

At the risk of appearing a Luddite, I still use VHS to tape TV shows. Set for ALMS.....oops, SportsCar tomorrow.

Howard

 

[twobjshelbys]

I can remember paying $1100 for a VHS player in about 1979. It weighed about 30 pounds and appeared to be water driven. When I showed my parents I could tape a TV show, it was like Martians had landed.

I think that's the first year we bought one too for that price (more or less, definitely over a grand). We got whacked by lightening and insurance gave us money for a new one so I tried to repair the old one. You could buy the schematics from RCA then. It had a complete repair section including what scope waveforms should look like. I had to replace a few standard 74-series parts. I even had to go through the head alignment process. I didn't have one of the standard cassettes so I just used one we had previously recorded figuring that making it the same was better than making it different We used it for quite a while after that. But then they started getting more sophisticated. The one I repaired only had a 24 hour one event timer. I bought a Mitsubishi that was (for then) much more sophisticated.

 

[RALPHIE]

I have a VHS to DVD copier - works if the VHS is not protected.

 

[Specracer]

I have a working VCR if you need it (if yours is broken) That with a USB video capture cable will do it (if your fancy Mac doesn't have a video in on its own)

Here is one, BH has several

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/833518-REG/Hauppauge_610_USB_Live2_Analog_Video_Digitizer.html

 

[roketman]

Time flies
and you’re the pilot!
Go kings!

 

[SteveA]

I can put it on a Betamax tape for you DBK if that helps.

 

[SteveA]

Ron, you're from Massachusetts..... Go Kings? Are you a Laker fan as well? LOL!

 

[bonehead]

Ron, you're from Massachusetts..... Go Kings? Are you a Laker fan as well? LOL!

For a Masshole....I mean a Bay Stater, Entire world>>>>>>>>>>NY

 

[Specracer]

As a masshole and our team isn't in it, we do our best to root for the team we dislike less. We were rangers fans last week, but no more.

 

[Cobrar]

As a masshole and our team isn't in it, we do our best to root for the team we dislike less. We were rangers fans last week, but no more.

Now that does explain some things...:lol

 

[roketman]

As a masshole and our team isn't in it, we do our best to root for the team we dislike less. We were rangers fans last week, but no more.

+!

 

[SteveA]

Lol!

 

[GTJack]

I had same problem with old family movies. My movies were Super VHS which made prob even more complicated. Best Buy and perhaps even Walmart sell a package to convert VHSand Super VHS to many digital computer formats. Software and cables included. You need a VHS player though. I got one off eBay for cheap as mine was dead.

 

[GTMikey]

The tape may have copy protection on it, making good copies difficult with standard VHS/DVD recorders.

Software available, almost nothing you can't get around these days