Re: Why no TV?

In article <q25ff1p84210vophbt9jtsdusmsmqaa2ar@xxxxxxx>,
Brian Henderson <BrianL.Henderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 17:22:59 GMT, djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx (Dorothy J Heydt)
>wrote:
>
>>I would still be using my Betamax from the late 70s if the darned
>>thing still worked. I may have to break down and go out on the
>>net somewhere and buy one, since if I transferred all my tapes to
>>DVDs they would take up a lot less space (current tape volume,
>>about a cubic yard).
>
>I've been very slowly converting all of my tapes to DVD or simply
>replacing them if possible, but it's a very long road ahead if I ever
>intend to do them all. I probably have close to 4000 tapes still
>unconverted/replaced and my VCD/DVD collection currently runs close to
>10,000.

You beat me there. I have I think about 5000 Betamax tapes,
maybe 100 VHS tapes, and non-functioning players for both. When
I get the Betamax working, or a working Betamax, we can start
converting, because I think the CD burner we have is also a DVD
burner. If not, Fry's is just over the hill.

Dorothy J. Heydt
Albany, California
djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx
.

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