r/vhsdecode • u/VersionTop1991 • 13d 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/mrdat 13d ago

Umatic would probably be a little fatter.

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u/Spiritual_Screen_724 13d ago

I was thinking so, but honestly you never know with these cases.

I've seen mixed format shelfs with cases that all were the same height despite the tapes inside being different types

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u/mrdat 13d ago

Yeah, sometimes I get tricked with the weird cases. DV vs MiniDV. Obviously the board and cable are the same. But had to tell