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| 1412.1 | | TALLIS::DARCY | Alpha Migration Tools | Tue Sep 13 1994 10:30 | 8 |
| There's an international video store in Quincy Ma that does conversion
- i forget the name of it but I'm sure it's in the phone book. They also
advertise in the Irish Echo.
Other than that methinks you'll have to go back to Ireland to watch it.
;v)
George
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| 1412.2 | Not too expensive... | POLAR::RUSHTON | տ� | Tue Sep 13 1994 16:59 | 6 |
| >>How can I get this tape converted to NTSC format so I can watch it?
As George suggested, there are local conversion services available. As
for price, I recently converted an NTSC tape to PAL (45 minutes) for
$25 Canadian. I think the prices now are around the $25-$35 per hour
(again, Canadian).
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| 1412.3 | $30/tape in Revere | ESBTST::GREENAWAY | | Thu Sep 15 1994 14:04 | 11 |
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There's a place in Reverve center called Repro. This spring I had
1.5 hr take converted for $30.
Repro Video 617 286-2366 270 Broadway, Revere 2nd floor
800 233-8066 across from Town Hall
$30/tape (2hr) M-F 9-5
Cheers,
Paul
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| 1412.4 | | ESBTST::GREENAWAY | | Thu Sep 15 1994 14:06 | 6 |
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RE: .3
That's Revere center
paul
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| 1412.5 | Revere sounds real good | CTHQ::ROGERS | | Thu Sep 15 1994 16:41 | 12 |
| Thanks for the information, guys. Paul, I'll give the store in Revere
a try since I live on the North Shore and the prices seem very
reasonable.
How was the quality of the copy? I have an instructional video so I
guess I could lose some picture quality without too much harm. I would
be more concerned if it were a tape of Irish scenery.
Thanks again.
Rick
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| 1412.6 | high input qual gets you high output qual | ESBTST::GREENAWAY | | Fri Sep 16 1994 14:16 | 11 |
| Rick,
I believe the quality is very good since they use a digitizing machine
to convert the formats.
The final quality really depends on the input quality. If you have
a high quality original then your copy will be high quality.
I converted an old wedding video that was in poor quality and that's
what I got. A viewable video of the same quality as the original.
Cheers,
Paul
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| 1412.7 | Had tape converted at Repro in Revere | CTHQ::ROGERS | | Tue Nov 22 1994 07:55 | 20 |
| Well, at long last, I finally made it to Repro in Revere to get my PAL
format tape converted. As Paul said in .3, the conversion cost $30 for
up to a 2 hour tape. They used a Fuji Super (Extra?) High grade
videotape for the conversion.
This is a tape on how to play the Bodhran so the quality is fine for
that. I never got to see the original video so I don't know how good
the quality was on the original. Basically the video looks like a home
movie that was shot in front of a fireplace.
I didn't think I would get back to Repro too easily to pick up the
coverted tape so I had them ship it to me via UPS for $2.00 which I
thought was more than worth it.
Well, I learned a lesson for my next trip to Ireland....make sure I
look at the videotape's format. The tape ended up costing me a
total of nearly $60 between the $25 for the tape and $33.50 to convert it.
Rick
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