Anyone have the ability to play this tape?

[spikerS]

When my dad passed away in 2005 I found this tape, and it had his name on it. I think I am finally in a place 10 years down the road that I am ready to see what is on it.

My problem is I have no way of seeing it. I have no idea what is on it so I would at least like to view it privately first.

Does anyone have the ability to play this type of media?



https://www.flickr.com/gp/129297569@N06/347L44

Sorry can't seem to post this right from my iphone

[Black Gts]

Is that a camcorder cassette? I'm probably wrong but I feel like there was a vcr adapter you could put those into. That's all I have to offer, or find the camcorder and aux it to a TV.

[xnvy]

I have a VHS player you could try but that doesn't look like it would work for that cassette. Hope you find something though.

[crazy_gt]

get one of these
http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_odkw=...order&_sacat=0

[speedog]

Let me do some digging around the house as I thnk we still might have a 8mm camcorder around you could use to play it back on to a TV..

[jwslam]

Can 8 be played on Hi8? If so I know we have one of those...

[spikerS]

Originally posted by jwslam
Can 8 be played on Hi8? If so I know we have one of those...

doing a quick bit of google-fu, it looks like a hi8 machine can play either 8mm or hi8 tapes...

Could I borrow your machine and give it a try?

[jwslam]

Originally posted by spikerS
doing a quick bit of google-fu, it looks like a hi8 machine can play either 8mm or hi8 tapes...

Could I borrow your machine and give it a try?

That's what I recalled. I gotta go find it from my parents' basement.

edit: out of town until Aug 13 so it'll be after that.

[D'z Nutz]

If it's not too personal, let us know what's on it! I think it's cool when people find things like this.

I hope for your sake it's not a video of him trying to make you a little brother hahaha

[turbotrip]

There is a VHS tape which is hollow in the middle that u can put this cassette into, and then u can play it on a VCR.
If u can't find one anywhere I can try to find the one I have somewhere in the basement.

[jdmakkord]

I think Costco can convert those over to DVD as well. If you can't track down the adapter.

[The_Rural_Juror]

Costco 5 years from now will be able to convert your DVD to MPEG4 if you want to plan ahead.

[DC2]

check a pawn shop?

[codetrap]

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[speedog]

Any luck yet, spikers?

If not, I'm pretty sure we have an 8mm camcorder hidden away in the bowels of our basement.

[carson blocks]

I might have the VHS adapter for one of those. I'll check when I get home tonight. I think I might even still have a VCR too.

[civic_stylez]

I have a camcorder with the TV attachments that will play that if you are unable to locate anything else. I have just moved so I will need to locate it but my dad passed away in 2008 and I kept my camcorder for the same reason as I have video of my dad on many of my tapes.

[spikerS]

If you can find it that would be awesome. I am not finding anything that can on my own, or someone wants a kings ransom to play it.

[revelations]

This is not VHS or VHSc compatible. You WILL need a Video8/Hi8 camera to play back these tapes (or a specific device).
That was the undoing of 8mm - most people had a VHS VCR at home which meant extra work to play tapes back.

Apparently after 15 years, these will start to degrade as well.

edit - There are peeps on kijiji who do this for 10-20$ a tape.

[Nova316]

I'll take a look at my dads I believe there is a converter that will copy Hi8/8mm into VCR then VCR onto DVD