I am getting home movies on mini-dv tapes put on dvds through a service. I have the option of just getting the dvds or also getting digital files, which I was told I could keep on a hard drive so I would always have a backup. It will be about $140 extra to do so, plus the cost of a hard drive with at least 50 mb storage. Is it worth it?
My concern is with changing technology. Could it be that the dvds one day won't have equipment to run on? Or could I just transfer the dvds without losing quality in the future to a different format of the future? If I buy digital files along with the dvd's, will those convert to anything in the future or might I have another outdated technology problem like with the mini-dv tapes? Will digital always be digital?
My concern is with changing technology. Could it be that the dvds one day won't have equipment to run on? Or could I just transfer the dvds without losing quality in the future to a different format of the future? If I buy digital files along with the dvd's, will those convert to anything in the future or might I have another outdated technology problem like with the mini-dv tapes? Will digital always be digital?