Rock River Technology Services

From Computers to Audio/Video and much more...

Technology should be an asset to life, not a hinderance. Unfortunately, the more complex something is, the more problems it is prone to having. Oftentimes when you have a computer problem, unless you are an expert yourself, you find yourself having to seek outside help. That outside help, however, can charge you a small fortune to fix even minor problems. Not here. We want to help, and we will work with you to get your computer or other devices working at a price that you can afford.

Have audio tapes you need converted to CD? Have Video Tapes you want on DVD? Have film you want transfered to DVD? We can do it. In fact, we can do a large range of things, if you need something, contact us and ask.

We can recover and back up your data for you, and at a much more affordable cost than you will find elsewhere. We can repair your computer, restore your system, upgrade your computer, installing hard drives, DVD burners, etc, as well as memory and any other hardware needed. We are not here to sell you anything you don't need, and we can point you in the right direction to find the best hardware and software for your needs. We can clean your system, secure it, remove viruses, spyware, set up a network for you, and much, much more... And feel free to e-mail us with questions... We can also build and maintain webpages for you, as well as showing you the best options for hosting packages.

We can do all sorts of video and audio conversions. We can convert your old records and tapes to CD or MP3, and clean them up so they sound better than the original. We can convert VHS video to DVD, and 8mm / Super 8mm to DVD, again with improvements to the original All this, again, very affordable.

Diagnostic and Analysis is Free

$70 - Complete Reformat and System Restoration
$30 - System Tuneup
$10 - Dust Removal and Cleaning
$20 - Hard Drive / CD / DVD Install
$20 to $100 - Virus / Spyware Removal and System Cleanup - Depends on the severity of the problem.
$10 - Memory Install
$10 - Software Install
$10 - Video / Audio Card Install
Call or E-mail for other pricing

Data Backup prices depend on amount of data to be backup up and condition of drives. Small, Simple backup is $20. $50 for drives up to 50 Gigs. Data recovery from damaged drives costs more depending on how difficult it is to recover the data.

Conversion Rates (all prices are approximate depending on the work needed to be done, please contact us for exact prices for your particular job)
8mm / Super 8 Film to DVD - 4 cents per foot + Media.
Cassette to CD - $2 per 60 minute tape / $4 per 90 + Media
Record to CD - $5 per Record + Media
VHS to DVD - $5 per 1 hour unedited + media.

There is a minimum $20 processing fee for each job. Not each tape or record or film.

Filming rates vary on what needs to be filmed and where.

DVD Authoring varies job to job.

For anything else, call or e-mail.

When we convert your media, we often can also clean it up. This is most noticable on 8mm / Super 8mm to DVD Conversions.

Before After
Original Cleaned

The difference isn't as drastic on VHS, but we still clean up the original when needed. Same applies to cassette tapes and Records which we can convert to CD.

We also offer filming services, DVD authoring, limited duplication. We have made music videos for bands, and much more. Below is a video we created for If Man is Five... Go to Aethyric Productions for more of our video and photography work.

Watch If Man is Five - Azraela in Music Videos | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

We are located in Central New York in the center of the Finger Lakes Region. Our address is;

7762 Rock River Road
Interlaken, NY 14847

Call or e-mail for an appointment;
(607) 532-9407

Service@RockRiverTech.com

Currently we are renovating what used to be Rock River Model Hobbies, it will take a bit of time before the change is complete, so please call or e-mail for an appointment. Thank you.

The following are what we recommend you check out.

Virus Protection

Avast! - Free for home use
Avira - Free for home use

We can not recommend these programs more. We have seen far too many computers with Norton on them, fully updated, loaded down with viri. Same goes for McAfee andTrendMicro. We have never seen a computer running either of these, updated, with virus infections. You can buy even more secure versions from both of these companies as well.

DO NOT RUN MORE THAN ONE VIRUS PROTECTION PROGRAM ON YOUR COMPUTER!
This can make matters worse, not more secure. Pick one and use that one, and that one only, otherwise you can have conflicts between them.

Spyware and Adware

SuperAntiSpyware - Free for home use. The most effective piece of software at the moment. The free version does not do real-time protection, you can buy a lifetime subscription for cheap if you want that type of protection.
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - Also very good piece of software. Highly recommended. Again, free for home use, and you can buy a lifetime subscription for fairly cheap for realtime protection.

Software

CCleaner - Good Temp File Cleaner to help you free up drive space.
OpenOffice - This is basically a free version of Microsoft Office. It likely does anything you will ever need from Office without the hefty price tag.
Firefox - Internet browser by Mozilla, far better than Internet Explorer. Not only is it more secure, but it is endlessly customizable.
Thunderbird - Powerful e-mail application, also by Mozilla, and again, secure and with lots of add-ons to customize your version as much as you want.