numptydumpty
Active Member
Having been lucky enough to have some wonderful holidays all over the world over the last 15/20 years, I decided quite quickly that I wanted to capture these good times on video equipment that was as high a quality as I could afford at the time. Over the last 10 years, that has included HD camcorders, and HD TV sets to display the footage.
For a long time I have been plugging my camcorders into my TV via HDMI, and using them as playing decks....not the best idea I know, but hey. I have recorded a few on portable hard drive (or should I say, a friend with a brain did
). The downside of that was this. I am a technophobe, but compared to my good lady, I am Einstein (hope she doesn't read this, lol). So, every time she wanted to view her beloved holiday vids, I would have to get all the stuff out, plug it in, fiddle about....well you get my drift.
Now comes the bit with the violins! I am 76, I have COPD, heart issues, prostate cancer, and a few other niggles. My wife is 79, has incurable non Hodkin lymphoma (she is in partial remission, with limited time to go), bowel disease, a crushed vertabrae in her lower spine, etc., etc. In other words, we are pretty much in the same messed up state as half of the rest of the of the world when they reach our age group
Now, to get to the point. My old lass has begged me to put our holidays on Blu-ray disc, as that is the only way she can watch her much loved memories independently (they give her enormous pleasure). Now the really BAD news. It appears that Panasonic, and I gather the other manufacturers, have stopped including HDMI input sockets in their Blu-ray recorders!!!!! So, as far as I can see, I am stuffed, because to the best of my (severely limited) knowledge, that is/was the only way of downloading HD (1080p) footage to a Blu-ray recorder?
I don't know what to say, this will break her heart, and I will never forgive myself for letting her down at this stage of our lives. So people, any ideas please. Any old miracle will do.....
And please, please don't say to put them on sd DVD....that would be a VERY last resort that would break MY heart!
For a long time I have been plugging my camcorders into my TV via HDMI, and using them as playing decks....not the best idea I know, but hey. I have recorded a few on portable hard drive (or should I say, a friend with a brain did
Now comes the bit with the violins! I am 76, I have COPD, heart issues, prostate cancer, and a few other niggles. My wife is 79, has incurable non Hodkin lymphoma (she is in partial remission, with limited time to go), bowel disease, a crushed vertabrae in her lower spine, etc., etc. In other words, we are pretty much in the same messed up state as half of the rest of the of the world when they reach our age group
Now, to get to the point. My old lass has begged me to put our holidays on Blu-ray disc, as that is the only way she can watch her much loved memories independently (they give her enormous pleasure). Now the really BAD news. It appears that Panasonic, and I gather the other manufacturers, have stopped including HDMI input sockets in their Blu-ray recorders!!!!! So, as far as I can see, I am stuffed, because to the best of my (severely limited) knowledge, that is/was the only way of downloading HD (1080p) footage to a Blu-ray recorder?
I don't know what to say, this will break her heart, and I will never forgive myself for letting her down at this stage of our lives. So people, any ideas please. Any old miracle will do.....
And please, please don't say to put them on sd DVD....that would be a VERY last resort that would break MY heart!