<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>I had a negative experience with EverPresent.<br></div><div><br></div><div>They tried to bill me for products I never requested, and they tried to charge me a different amount than they quoted me. I had to dig up the email proving that they quoted me a different rate before they refunded the difference.<br></div><div><br></div><div>They were also storing customer data insecurely, making it possible to access all of their customers' captured videos and photos. To their credit, they took it seriously when I reported it to them and escalated it to the owner, but it took them six months to fix the issue, and they never notified their customers.<br></div><div><br></div><div>When I discovered the issue, I also requested that they delete all copies of my data, but they left my data online and exposed insecurely for several weeks until I asked them again to remove it.<br></div><div><br></div><div>But back to the topic of digitizing VHS tapes, I spent a long time on a digitizing project, and I wrote a guide explaining how I did it:<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://mtlynch.io/digitizing-1/">https://mtlynch.io/digitizing-1/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,<br></div><div>Michael Lynch</div><div><br></div><div>On Fri, Feb 4, 2022, at 11:18 AM, Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography via Hidden-discuss wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div>I've had very good experiences with Boston based(?) <a href="https://everpresent.com/">Everpresent</a><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 51, 0);"></span></span><br></p><div><span class="font" style="font-family:garamond, serif;"></span><br></div><div><div><span class="font" style="font-family:garamond, serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(39, 78, 19);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></span></span></span><br></div><div><div><span class="font" style="font-family:garamond, serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(39, 78, 19);"></span></span></span><br></div><div><div><span class="font" style="font-family:garamond, serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(39, 78, 19);"></span></span></span><br></div><div><div><span class="font" style="font-family:garamond, serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(39, 78, 19);"></span></span></span><br></div><div><div><span class="font" style="font-family:garamond, serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(39, 78, 19);"></span></span></span><br></div><div><span class="font" style="font-family:garamond, serif;"><div style="color:rgb(39, 78, 19);font-size:small;"><div><b>Regards,</b><br></div></div><div style="color:rgb(39, 78, 19);font-size:small;"><b></b><br></div><div style="color:rgb(39, 78, 19);"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><b>Tom Adams, 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MA<br></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 11:13 AM fsaronson--- via Hidden-discuss <<a href="mailto:hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net">hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><div class="qt-gmail-m_325283702196978079WordSection1"><p class="qt-MsoNormal">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:<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li class="qt-gmail-m_325283702196978079MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;">They don’t track properly in a VCR, so need someone with the tech to adjust for that<u></u><u></u><br></li><li class="qt-gmail-m_325283702196978079MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;">They are quite dark, so need adjusting for that also, if possible.<u></u><u></u><br></li><li class="qt-gmail-m_325283702196978079MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;">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).<u></u><u></u><br></li></ul><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal">He’d like a local and/or small concern who may be able to assist. Any suggestions?<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal">Thanks in advance!<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal">Frank Aronson<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p></div></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div> Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: <a href="http://www.hidden-tech.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.hidden-tech.net</a><br></div><div> <a href="mailto:Hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net" target="_blank">Hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a><br></div><div> <br></div><div> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list.<br></div><div> If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members<br></div><div> page on the Hidden Tech Web site.<br></div><div> <a href="http://www.hidden-tech.net/members" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.hidden-tech.net/members</a><br></div></blockquote></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: <a href="http://www.hidden-tech.net">http://www.hidden-tech.net</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:Hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net">Hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list.<br></div><div>If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members<br></div><div>page on the Hidden Tech Web site.<br></div><div><a href="http://www.hidden-tech.net/members">http://www.hidden-tech.net/members</a><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>