[geeks] I haven't gotten into this yet but I need some advice

Joshua D Boyd jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu
Fri Apr 12 14:27:13 CDT 2002


On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 12:15:25PM -0700, David Passmore wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 08:09:17PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote:
> > 
> > Forever is an awfully long time!  I recommend recording and archiving
> > uncompressed, and only transferring to a medium which uses compression when
> > it's time to play it back.  If you can't directly record uncompressed,
> > record analogue and *then* transfer to uncompressed digital storage.
> 
> Analogue media doesn't last, and, well, very few private collectors can

That is not true.  Quality film will last darn near forever.


-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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