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Author Topic: Video card for WinXP Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 10-03-2006 06:06 PM                     Nope you were right Mike, I just missed your post. Just a quick Geek Squad story: A customer broght in his old Dell computer (Windows ME) which had spyware issues and was running pretty slow. Instead of charging the customer about $100 for a diagnostic and spyware and virus removal. He got away with charging the customer over $600 for a copy of XP, more memory, a second hard drive, a PCI video card, Norton System Works and of course the services charges for installing everything. Basically a $300.00 Emachine computer would have had the same plus a better processor and new motherboard to boot.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 10-03-2006 06:34 PM                     Bruce, if you have a Costco membership or know someone who does, you can buy the unit there and take it back when you're done with your project, they have the easiest return policy.  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 10-03-2006 10:49 PM                     Mike, Hee hee hee... Too bad there are no Costco stores around here.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-04-2006 12:25 AM                     Yea..that is one of the sneakiest things that people will do with Costco items - is use the item then return it with no questions. ..you could sneak off and buy a DVD recorder that would fit your budget and do the video copying that way. Only small prob with DVD recorders is that they know if the tape has the encoding within the broadcast and will refuse the copy process..but there are blocker attachments that can be had to defeat this...  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 10-04-2006 07:54 PM                     quote: Monte L Fullmer Only small prob with DVD recorders is that they know if the tape has the encoding within the broadcast and will refuse the copy process..but there are blocker attachments that can be had to defeat this... I had wondered about this. So far I havent had any problems but I have been mainly transferring over old sporting events that I had recorded myself such as boxing matches, Piston Games (1989 and 90 NBA finals), and UofM Football games (1997 National Champion season). Now I am a bit of a Pro Wrestling fan and I have made a few copies of different matches from different tapes that I had bought and either they dont have copy protection or the DVD burner ignores it.  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 10-13-2006 09:03 AM                     Thanks for all the replies on this topic. After getting in touch with my relatives, I have decided to put this project on hold. NOBODY wants to cough up some loot to get copies made of anything. I am already taking care of the actual films themselves. The family just wants to see the films from time to time. I say NO to that, as some of them have bad sprocket damage. Oh well, relatives  |  IP: Logged

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