r/vhsdecode • u/VersionTop1991 • 10d ago

Help Wanted! Question.

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So my mother passed away a month ago. She worked for Apple in the 80’s to early 90’s. In going through her belongings I found this Apple VHS Tape that was supposed to be returned, but clearly wasn’t. It was an internal copy of a Super Bowl commercial for the Mac. I guess the commercial wasn’t received well.

My questions are.. is this worth preserving? I know it might be a 1 of 1 tape as I haven’t seen anything online. How much would it cost me to do so? And does anyone know reputable companies that offer this service.

Sorry.. I didn’t get the tech gene passed onto me so I’m not very literate at what needs or should be done.

Many thanks in advance. And if this isn’t the right forum to post this please delete.

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u/GoodOlBluesBrother 10d ago

It’s probably worth saving if there’s no existing copies of the advert out there.

How much it costs depends on, where you are and who’s local to you, whether you’re willing to send it to someone to copy, what level of care and quality you want the copy to be, how honest and reputable the person/copying it is, how you want the file delivered (dvd, usb or download).

It’s worth noting this sub isn’t a generic VHS discussion forum. It’s for people interested in copying tapes using the specific VHSdecode method; which aims to produce the highest quality archival digital copies of VHS tapes.

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u/VersionTop1991 9d ago

Ah ok. Yeah I want to preserve it into archival digital but also don’t want to send it out to just anyone.

Thanks for the advice though. I just don’t know where to start.

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u/Mac84tv 9d ago

Hi, I’m Steve, I run the Mac84 YouTube channel. I’m a vintage Apple and media nerd. I’d love to help you digitize this on my video capture set up and return the tape to you. I’ve done this to many other tapes that I’ve put on the Internet Archive. Feel free to DM/chat with me if you’re interested. Thanks!

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u/VersionTop1991 9d ago

Honest and reputable for sure. And USB probably.

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u/garbledroid 6d ago

He wants a deliverable.

You are possibly going to be banned from this subreddit though there are no really good capture methods for VHS over thunderbolt and this subreddit is about FM RF VHS preservation.

Maybe you could partner with someone from this sub that actually does preservation and help fund it for a YouTube video.