Many prefer a work-life balance. Not Randy Wheeler. His workday begins at the foot of his bed.

His Mid City bedroom in Baton Rouge is one of his five physical media transfer stations in his home where he started a digital transfer business in 2010. As technology has evolved, so has video, photo and audio playback formats, so Wheeler’s collection of equipment grew.

“It was a slow process,” Wheeler said of his growing collection. “It started in one room and just sort of grew, and then you have to buy two or three of everything.”

The collection of equipment grew out of his office, into his second office, living room, kitchen and bedroom.

And now, his home is a living time capsule of floor-to-ceiling stacks of old video playback machines, film reels, photo scanners and physical media captu

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