Can I do this

marceggers wrote on 5/21/2002, 10:01 PM

Until I'm able to get myself a Pioneer AO4 DVD burner for storing my digital camcorder videos on, can I store the videos themselves on my harddrive (80 gig) and free up space on my camcorder tapes? I am concerned about losing any quality in the transfer to my harddrive from the digital tapes. Earlier I had thought that I was losing quality because when I would try to play back the stored video onto my monitor the quality was bad. Someone mentioned that the video just looked bad because the monitor was too slow. They said that the stored video itself was still 100%. Is that accurate? I'd like to free up tape space but not at the expense of ruining my irreplacible videos. Thanks, again.

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ronaldf wrote on 5/21/2002, 11:27 PM

One hour of DV equals about 13 gig. An 80 gig hard drive will store about the same amount of DV as 6 tapes. You can buy tapes for around $6 to $7 each. 6 x $7= $42. 80 gig hard drives are a lot more expensive than that. You would be better off storing your videos on tape. They would be at full quality.

Terry25 wrote on 5/22/2002, 2:22 AM

Most video tape has a shelf life of about 10 years. Keep it stored upright, away from heat and dust and magnets interference (things such as a TV, your computer screen or speakers). This should give you more then enough time to save up for the DVD burner of your fancy. Or better yet wait until they come down to a saner price.

BTW what is the shelf life of a CDR? Commercial punched CDs can potentially last forever, but I imagine the laquer on a recordable rots away at some point.

Anyone know?

marceggers wrote on 5/22/2002, 6:18 AM

Thanks!