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Turn LPs, tapes, photos, and home movies into CDs, DVDs, or computer files.(sound and image processing software and equipment)(Product/service evaluation)

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| May 01, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

They're analog artifacts in a digital world: the LPs, cassettes, and videotapes you accumulated during the last century. You cherish them, even if you don't play them anymore. This report helps you turn analog recordings into easier-to-use digital ones while the originals are in good shape-and while you still have the gear to play them into a digital recorder.

Don't expect greatly enhanced quality. Record pops, tape hiss, and video graininess will be faithfully reproduced. And forget 10x or 20x burn speeds; 50 hours of analog music or video will take at least 50 hours to copy, since it must play at regular speed.

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