NTSC Video Digitization System Guide (new)
VHS Player (VCR) Buying Guide (new)
Betamax Buying Guide (coming soon)
Time Base Corrector Buying Guide (new)
Video Interface Buying Guide (coming soon)
NTSC Display Buying Guide (coming soon)
Speaker Buying Guide (new)
Headphone Buying Guide (new)
Digitization Supplies Guide (coming soon)
Digital Storage Buying Guide (new)
NTSC Video Digitization System Guide
Digitizing NTSC analog video tapes is done in the same way no matter which format you are working with. This is true for VHS, Betamax, VHS-C, Hi8 and Video8 tapes. This guide will give you information about options for digitizing these formats, and should help you to determine what types of hardware to choose for your own project.
VHS Player (VCR) Buying Guide
This guide is intended to help you select a VHS Player, also known as a VCR (video cassette recorder) for your digitization system. You will be introduced to background information about VCRs, features of VCRs, types of VCRs that were manufactured and which types are recommended for digitization. Lastly you will be presented with some helpful tips for researching and purchasing your VHS player.
Betamax Buying Guide (coming soon)
Time Base Corrector Buying Guide
This guide is intended to help you select a time base corrector, commonly known as a TBC for your digitization system. You will be introduced to background information about TBCs, types of TBCs that have been manufactured, common features and recommended features as well as types that are recommended for digitization. Lastly you will be presented with some helpful tips for researching and purchasing your time base corrector.
Video Interface Buying Guide (coming soon)
NTSC Monitor Buying Guide (coming soon)
Speaker Buying Guide
This guide is intended to help you select speakers for your digitization system. You will be introduced to background information about this equipment, its features, different types that are manufactured and which types are recommended for digitization. As there are many different kinds of speakers manufactured, we will limit this guide to desktop speakers which are appropriate for digitization workstations. Lastly you will be presented with some helpful tips for researching and purchasing this equipment.
Headphone Buying Guide
This guide is intended to help you select headphones for your digitization system. You will be introduced to background information about this equipment, features of headphones, different types that are manufactured and which types are recommended for digitization.
Digitization Supplies Guide (coming soon)
Digital Storage Buying Guide
There are a few different ways that you will use digital storage in your digitization and digital preservation project, from drives that temporarily hold files during digitization, to storage that will maintain your preservation files for several years. These activities may require different types of storage to be purchased. In considering digital storage technologies for such projects, the most important differences are capacity, speed, cost, and data stability.