Video Tape to Digital

[Popester]

I have another philosophy. Since I repair things for a living. I have never made one technology try to become another. What I mean. I have all the super 8 films I shot still around on 400ft reels. Also have my Betamax and VHS movies that I purchased. Each technology was of its time. If I want to see an old Super 8 film I made, I have a projector that is for that purpose. If I want to watch a Betamax movie, I have operating SL 2000 and SL2500 machines I can watch them on. If they break I repair or get another one off eBay. Currently don’t watch HDTV as my newest TV is 25 years old, it’s a CRT. I could of made Super 8 film into VHS, than I would need to transfer them into DVD, than whatever the next technology came along I would have to transfer them again. I guess my long rant point is that I have never wanted to keep up with the fast changing technology because we can’t. It will continue to change. I’ll tell you one thing. Super 8 sure had better color rendition and resolution than any video camera format available at that time (Betamovie, VHS-C, or umbilical camera and recorded combinations.) Anybody remember Kodakchrome? Best slide film Kodak ever made. And you know what? Kodak brought back Ektachrome film this year. Who would of thought slide film would ever make an entrance again.