From my perspective, you are safest if you stick with a standard that has been most widely adopted. For example, CDs were created somewhere mid 1980's and yet you'd have no problem finding something to read a CD with today.robdunford wrote:Now, they want me to convert (the best parts of) more than 100 of our family memories on SVHS, VHS and Hi-8 tape to standard or high-definition, 16:9 (wide-screen) DVDs. Is this a wise approach for the future or are there other options we should consider (such as Blu-Ray, distribution on hard drives, the Cloud, etc.)?
For now, I think DVD will fit the bill. I believe it has enough resolution to capture the details of the source material, and yet it can easily be transfered to some future format.