[MacDV] Digital8 to MiniDV conversion

[R B Williams]

Mark,

We do the transfer for $8.50 per original hour of tape. Assuming your Dig8 tapes are recorded SP then 35 tapes = 297.50 (plus shipping). If you make the copies yourself,  you'll still be buying blank dv tapes so the question is whether it's worth your time & hassle to find a deck or camera and make the dubs.

R.B.

Mark O'Brien wrote:

> With 35-40 hours of Digital8 footage, my Sony DCR-TRV110 Digital8 camcorder has gone on the fritz. The repair shop is quoting me $330 for a new drum, due to some kind of contamination they can't clean off.
>
> Recognizing MiniDV will be around and supported longer than Digital8, I had already upgraded to a newer Panasonic PVDV953 3CCD MiniDV camcorder. I had considered dubbing my Digital8 tapes to MiniDV for archival purposes, using a 4 pin-4 pin Firewire cable. Unfortunately, I hadn't gotten around to it before the Sony went bad. :-(
>
> So my choices are to:
>
> A) Spend the $330 to repair my 1999 model Sony ($50 diagnostic fee already paid would be applied to the repair)
>
> B) Spend $380 for a new Sony DCR-TRV460 (Best Buy's online price)
>
> C) Pay some third party to convert the 35-40 Digital8 cassettes for me and trash the old Sony.
>
> I've seen a lot of traffic on this list referring to converting old movies (film) to MiniDV, but never Digital8 to MiniDV. Does anybody know of a service that does this?
>
> Mark
>
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