I watch for specials on bare terabyte drives, and have purchased them for less than $80 (<a href="http://macsales.com">macsales.com</a>). I use a universal adapter to mount them on my Macs when I need to access them. I'm keeping two sets of drives to backup of my video projects.<div>
<br></div><div>-Gordon<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Patty Winter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patty1@sonic.net">patty1@sonic.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
With terabyte hard drives now available for $100-200 (last time I<br>
considered this project, they were around $1,000!), I'm thinking<br>
again of a major VHS conversion project that would start with about<br>
100 hours of tapes. I figure that once the files are edited down<br>
to about 45 mins. each, I can export uncompressed QuickTime from<br>
iMovie and it will all fit on a terabyte drive.<br>
<br>
Is uncompressed QT a format that should have a decent shelf-life?<br>
I realize that it's been around for a long time now, and AFAIK is<br>
not likely to disappear any time soon, but when I first thought of<br>
this project, DVDs seemed like a sure bet, too, and now those are<br>
starting to face extinction. (Although not right away.) However,<br>
I would think that any compression format would be in even greater<br>
danger of obsolescence than uncompressed QT, so that probably is<br>
still my best bet, yes?<br>
<br>
BTW, Jeanette, I also use a Canopus A/D converter between my VHS<br>
machine and my Mac. It does what it's supposed to with no muss,<br>
no fuss.<br>
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Patty<br>
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