[Hidden-tech] VHS Transfer options?

[Steve Unkles]

Hello Frank,It's become more and more common that the old tapes don't play correctly through conventional means.I have quite a few playback units, some with manual tracking that can help. I also have a timebase corrector/stabilizer in-line that can help stabilize the signal. I can put auto-gain in there too for brightening, though sometimes that is better handled in post-processing.As for content, I couldn't care less--it's not for me to judge. 
I can give it a try on one or two tapes and see how it goes.Cheers,Steve
413-586-3296  Snow day today, so just leave a message if I don't pick up--thanks.

Steve Unkles, Production Manager
    Audio-Visual Archives
 Media Production and Preservation
     www.MakeHistory.tv

 

    On Friday, February 4, 2022, 11:13:10 AM EST, fsaronson--- via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:  
 
 
I have a friend who has some particular needs in terms of transferring VHS to a digital format.  He’s transferred other tapes via commercial companies, but there are some sensitive issues with the current tapes that might require more specialized attention:

  
   
   - They don’t track properly in a VCR, so need someone with the tech to adjust for that
   - They are quite dark, so need adjusting for that also, if possible.
   - One tape may contain politically incorrect material (not blue, per se, but something that more modern sensibilities wouldn’t approve of.  But it’s a family tape, so they want to preserve them).

  

He’d like a local and/or small concern who may be able to assist.  Any suggestions?

  

Thanks in advance!

Frank Aronson

  
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