Sorry for those of you about to call BS... the recordings were from the Korean War, not WWII. :) First commercial reel-to-reel recorders weren't sold until the late 1940's. It would have been a good catch, though. :)
If you actually go their site, they're not very interested in selling the drives. (Yes, you can buy one for $5000 but really...) They want to sell you service. You send them a burned DVD and $30 and they'll return to you a disc that will last much, much longer. Seems like a pretty good idea to me.
When my grandfather died, we found reel-to-reel tapes that he made during WWII. It wasn't hard to find a reel-to-reel player on eBay so that we could play them again. People claiming that DVDs won't be around in 50 years are just wrong. (Barring total thermonuclear annihilation.) They might not be available at Best Buy then, but there is just too much media out there to assume it's going to go away. I found this in ten seconds, and there were a hell of a lot less 8" floppies than there are DVD's.
I've never made a grammar comment in my life, but people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. In your angry grammar correction, which was not worded very nicely I might add, you used the following example: "plural = LEGO "isn't Lego awesome?""
You do realize "Isn't" is sigular, right? You wouldn't say "Isn't nachos awesome?" or "Isn't these shoes rad?" would you? You would say "_Aren't_ nachos awesome?"
If you're going to correct the writer's grammar and be a dick about it, at least make sure you aren't making an error that's much worse.
"I need help! I want a small pocket camcorder but I'm not sure which one to get. I don't want to fall into the hype of the Flip because I worry two hours won't be enough. What should I be looking for when considering a small camcorder and where can I get a good quality one with expandable memory? Thanks!"
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