Need Advice For Video Storage Please!

[AnseLaRaye7]

Hello,

I want to feed all my videos into a reliable external source that will last and that I can burn dvd, blue ray, etc. from. I want to transfer vhs, hi-8, dvd, super 8's, and sd cards that all contain mostly family video over the past 50 years. I will transfer them into the external source and them edit them later. Most of the video camcorders I used were Sony. I want to purchase an iMac to do this with. I am looking at this configuration:

27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display

• 4.0GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
• 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
• 1TB Flash Storage
• AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4GB GDDR5
• Apple Mouse
• Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (Arabic) & User's Guide
• Accessory Kit

I obviously want to use the iMac for daily use word processing, email, iTunes, etc. but the main focus will be on video saving and editing. I just need help on what video storage that I need. I have quite a bit of video but I want to archive it. Also,will the video from the vhs tapes and hi-8's appear different on a 5 k screen? Any recommendations would be most appreciated. Thank you very much! Dean

 

[rkaufmann87]

Hello,

I want to feed all my videos into a reliable external source that will last and that I can burn dvd, blue ray, etc. from. I want to transfer vhs, hi-8, dvd, super 8's, and sd cards that all contain mostly family video over the past 50 years. I will transfer them into the external source and them edit them later. Most of the video camcorders I used were Sony. I want to purchase an iMac to do this with. I am looking at this configuration:

27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display

• 4.0GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
• 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
• 1TB Flash Storage
• AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4GB GDDR5
• Apple Mouse
• Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (Arabic) & User's Guide
• Accessory Kit

I obviously want to use the iMac for daily use word processing, email, iTunes, etc. but the main focus will be on video saving and editing. I just need help on what video storage that I need. I have quite a bit of video but I want to archive it. Also,will the video from the vhs tapes and hi-8's appear different on a 5 k screen? Any recommendations would be most appreciated. Thank you very much! Dean

Please look at http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Thunderbolt/External-Drive/OWC/ThunderBay-4

 

[AnseLaRaye7]

Please look at http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Thunderbolt/External-Drive/OWC/ThunderBay-4

Thank you very much! Do you have any of these external drives?

 

[fa8362]

Hello,

I want to feed all my videos into a reliable external source that will last and that I can burn dvd, blue ray, etc. from. I want to transfer vhs, hi-8, dvd, super 8's, and sd cards that all contain mostly family video over the past 50 years. I will transfer them into the external source and them edit them later. Most of the video camcorders I used were Sony. I want to purchase an iMac to do this with. I am looking at this configuration:

27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display

• 4.0GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
• 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
• 1TB Flash Storage
• AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4GB GDDR5
• Apple Mouse
• Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (Arabic) & User's Guide
• Accessory Kit

I obviously want to use the iMac for daily use word processing, email, iTunes, etc. but the main focus will be on video saving and editing. I just need help on what video storage that I need. I have quite a bit of video but I want to archive it. Also,will the video from the vhs tapes and hi-8's appear different on a 5 k screen? Any recommendations would be most appreciated. Thank you very much! Dean

 

[fa8362]

Your video is low resolution. You do not need expensive drives for low resolution video. Do not spend more than $50 per terabyte.

 

[JustMartin]

What fa8362 said, if you're talking fairly low resolution video (and therefore smaller file sizes) and your focus is on transfer and archive rather than streaming them all the time, I would say a USB-3 drive like a WD 'my book' or a seagate will be fine and not too expensive. You'll also need a burner of some kind. I use the Samsung one which burns CD, DVD and Blu-Ray.

 

[rkaufmann87]

Thank you very much! Do you have any of these external drives?

Yes, I have 4 Mercury Elite Pro series, great drives!!!

 

[matreya]

I have two of the OWC Thunderbay IV (the Thunderbolt1 predecessor to the Thunderbay 4) and they are excellent enclosures. I use HGST Deskstar NAS and Toshiba hard drives in them without any issues.