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Old 07-25-2013, 02:36 AM  
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Originally Posted by Captain Kawaii View Post

You may wish to consider a place like this.
http://www.hollywoodvaults.com/

External environment can turn your tapes/discs into soup.
Good idea for a deep archive.

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Originally Posted by SGS View Post

We have over a thousand dating back to the 80's right up to HDV tapes. We store ours at the bank in dedicated safety deposit boxes and this has been great. There is small annual fee and the conditions they are kept in is perfect.
I keep all of my original images and captured videos on hard drives in safe deposit boxes!

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Originally Posted by Paully View Post

Get them on a drive. Capture and capture. Make backups. But first and foremost is to not let them lay flat like that. Tape is heavy and will mushroom towards the bottom, very slowly but dv doesn't age gracefully like old analog tape. I would set them up vertically on the side and then do what you can to make them immortal.
I do, it's a never ending task, plus most scenes are shot on multiple cameras...



Ever notice how the one video you can never find is the one you suddenly have an urge to edit and post.



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