Re: 2001:A Space Odyssey, SpaceX, A.I.

On 2026-06-16 11:04, David B. wrote:
> On 15 Jun 2026 at 13:38:37 BST, "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote:

...

> Thank you for your comments, Paul. I think I'll refrain from trying to view
> VHS tapes on my Apple iMac!
> 
> I hope I may soon have access to an old TV following the recent death of an
> elderly widow who was my friend.
> It will depend on the generosity of her executors! ;-)

I recently had a need to watch an actual tape, because I found a tape, 
copied from a video-camera by a friend, which is the only one that 
contains some shots of my parents.

So I think I first tried the video recorder with another tape. I had to 
find a TV set with a SCART connector, and found that I had one that just 
by chance I did not recycle.

The test tape played fine, so did the actual tape. Just some bad region 
with sync difficulty.

I then located a service that convert tapes to digital file: perfect. 
Their machine managed to extract video from the part that seemed corrupted.

Now I can ditch my tape collection and two machines.


-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;