It was 2001...Transferring a digital copy to a PC might not have been a trivial thing.

This is how I know you are a moron. I found 3 old birthday tapes 2 weeks ago... Told my father to go to this store and ask for those to be converted in digital format

The person you're replying to is saying digitizing was not trivial in 2001. It was not trivial, because not everyone had a TV tuner/capture card as standard equipment on their PC. Now technology has advanced to where it would be trivial for anyone to get an analog capture dongle. It would not have been trivial to even get a capture card in 2001, let alone do this transfer yourself. Its the kind of equipment a wedding photographer, or other enthusiast, might have in 2001.

Its so trivial you told your dad to do go do it at the local store, for you, right?

How old are you?

You are the one who sounds like an ignorant child.