How much do people want it? For people to use your new service, they would have to:
- find you online, shop around to find the best service
- trust an unknown startup with their data
- pay a fair price
- put their media in a box, put stamps on it, put it in the mail
- keep track of an account & password
Although you say you want it yourself, I gather you haven't even done step 1 (there are several such services already). So find out how many people really want this thing so badly that they'll do all the steps. If those people exist, they'll be doing some painful version of it today.
Yes, with all these barriers to entry, I think people will still want it. I would be happy to pack up my tapes and disks and put stamps on a package if I knew I would never see it again and my memories are safe.
What services are out there that do this? I can only find a handfull of conversion companies, but none which offer online access. These services seem to specialize on either video or audio, but what about both? What about documents or arbitrary digital media which I would like to consolidate?
And yes, I would trust a trendy startup with this task, much like I decided to trust Dropbox about 5 years ago. I doubt I am the only one who could be convinced with a nice website and a decent video.
- find you online, shop around to find the best service
- trust an unknown startup with their data
- pay a fair price
- put their media in a box, put stamps on it, put it in the mail
- keep track of an account & password
Although you say you want it yourself, I gather you haven't even done step 1 (there are several such services already). So find out how many people really want this thing so badly that they'll do all the steps. If those people exist, they'll be doing some painful version of it today.