• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Camcorder Repairs - worth it?

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Ron Riemersma

My sony trv 250 digital 8 camera recently stopped working. Wont play, record, ffd, rwd, nothing. Sony website gives flat rate of $141 to repair, local Best Buy says they can ship it out and probably be $100-$200.

Anyone got any better ideas? Might be time to look for a new camera, but I have alot of video stuck on digital 8's that I would like to be able to view or download, too.

Thoughts?
 
There are a lot of really good, used, Digital8 camcorders going for $100-$150 on ebay. You're better off finding a good used one than trying to get an old one repaired.
 
I agree with Scott on this one. If it were a higher-end camcorder, it may be worth repairing. I just had my Sony FX-1 repaired and it was not cheep. In my case, it was much less than getting a replacement, but for one like you have, I would go the ebay rout. If you want to upgrade later to HD or mini-dv, you can always transfer the video to the other format. I still have a lot of old 8mm, high8, digital8, and mini-dv that I need to archive. I will eventually have it all on multiple hard drives.
 
My sony trv 250 digital 8 camera recently stopped working. Wont play, record, ffd, rwd, nothing. Sony website gives flat rate of $141 to repair, local Best Buy says they can ship it out and probably be $100-$200.

Anyone got any better ideas? Might be time to look for a new camera, but I have alot of video stuck on digital 8's that I would like to be able to view or download, too.

Thoughts?

If the CCD chip is still working...I'll purchase the old 250. Mine is 100% functional, but I broke the pins to the CCD during Hurricane Ike. It's too hard to resoldier the connection, so I'd sure buy yours for parts...which you can put toward the purchase of a replacement.

I like have the SD cameras as back-ups or for remote/probe projects, but I don't want to spend the $100+ for full functioning SD cameras off ebay.
 
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