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Service changes due to COVID-19

In order to be compliant with local guidelines to limit the spread of Coronavirus, we are currently closed to the public at all of our four locations in California and Colorado.  While we will not be able to greet drop-in customers in our friendly offices during this outbreak, our senior-level team is making sure that...
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Best Way to Ship Videotapes & Vinyl Records

When shipping important media like video tapes and vinyl records, it is vital that you pack them safely and securely. The last thing you want is to break or otherwise damage your recordings! The first step is to acquire a sturdy box. Heavy duty cardboard is prefered, as often times packages are thrown around during...
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Photo Scanning Gift Ideas

With modern printing technology it’s now possible to create one of a kind items using your favorite photos! Over the last couple of years, there has been a lot of new companies emerging that will help you create completely custom gifts from all kinds of different photos. The trick is, however, that the photos must...
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Graduation Slideshow Ideas

Summer is here, and that means warm sun, beaches and graduation time for all seniors across the country. One of the best ways to remind students of their time in school is to present a graduation slideshow highlighting key moments during the years. Instead of just showing off some images, you can combine with music...
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Transferring Audio Reels to CD in Los Angeles

Los Angeles reel to reel audio to CD services Brief History Reel to Reel audio is a form of magnetic tape audio recording in which the tape is actually held on a reel, rather than being enclosed within a cassette. The reel which holds the tape, also called the supply or feed reel, is attached...
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How Many Slides and Negatives Fit on a DVD?

When working on a large project, including huge quantities of slide scanning and negative scanning projects, it’s a good idea to know roughly how many images you can fit on a DVD. This way, you can better plan your discs out and include only the images you’d like on each DVD, without the worry of...
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How to Make an Animated GIF of a Video File

If you’ve spent any time on the internet lately, chances are that you’ve come across an animated GIF. It’s an image file that contains multiple still-frames that play looped in a sequence. Nowadays, animated GIFs are used to convey messages or reactions that a still frame just can’t match. Plus, animated GIF images are a...
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Transfer Videos From Your iPad to Your Computer

If there’s one thing that’s certain, it’s that mobile technology is increasing at an incredibly fast rate, now to the point where we can shoot HD video from our smartphones such as the popular iPhone or Andriod devices. However, only watching the videos from your phone is limiting at best, so many people wonder how...
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GUIDE: How to Rip a CD to MP3 Using Windows Media Player

CD Ripping or transferring your CDs to your computer’s hard drive has several advantages. For one, it allows you to make duplicate, backup copies of your favorite music as either a pieced-together mix tape, or a complete copy of the original CD. Secondly, it allows you to consolidate your entire music collection into one location...
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Photobin Closing Down – Scanning in San Diego

If you are a past or current customer of PhotoBin, and visited their website recently, you may have noticed that they are closing down… If you have been thinking about scanning your old box of photos, slides or negatives, there is no better time! DVD Your Memories is San Diego’s leading media transfer company specializing...
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Difference Between an Edit-Ready AVI file and a Web-Ready MPEG File

When transferring videotapes as a digital files to a hard drive, you have flexibility in choosing the video format that best suits your needs. Depending on what you need the video for, choosing the right video format to use can make your life a bit easier, and save you some time. First, since not all...
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Why Should You Transfer Your Family Media?

You sometimes may ask yourself, “Why should I go digital?” With today’s technology, scanning old photographs and 8mm film can be quick and easy.  We all hear about how important it is to back up all of our computer information, or transfer to CD in Orange County or San Diego with us. The importance of backing...
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SnapJet: Print Photos Directly From Your Smartphone

Have you ever wanted to print a picture right from your smartphone? Well, that is now completely possible with the new gadget, SnapJet. Using Poloroid technology, SnapJet uses open source software to allow anyone to easily print photos from their smartphone, without even using an app. SnapJet is a slim, portable instant film printer for...
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DVD Your Memories Gift Cards

Struggling to find the perfect gift this holiday season? DVD Your Memories offers gift cards that can be purchased in our local stores for any amount! These gift cards are good for any of our media transfer services including VHS to DVD transfers, photo scanning, and film to DVD transfers in San Diego. Gift cards...
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Switching From DVDs to Flash Drives – Why it Makes Sense

It’s all Apple’s fault. No, really. As a wedding photographer, I give all of my clients the digital images from their wedding day. I used to deliver these in a beautifully packaged DVD that had a custom image of the couple printed right onto the DVD. It came in a modern metal case, and when...
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Creating Art From Scanned Images

Andrew Norman Wilson got a lot of attention last year for his Workers Leaving the Googleplex video, which depicted a little-known group of contractors at Google’s HQ, charged with doing the scanning that feeds Google’s mission to digitize every book that it possibly can. While Wilson lost his own contractor job in video production at...
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Creating Art From Google Scanned Images

Andrew Norman Wilson got a lot of attention last year for his Workers Leaving the Googleplex video, which depicted a little-known group of contractors at Google’s HQ, charged with doing the scanning that feeds Google’s mission to digitize every book that it possibly can. While Wilson lost his own contractor job in video production at...
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Benefits of Transferring Your Media Locally!

DVD Your Memories is one of the few companies primarily built for our local customers who wish to transfer their old memories and convert them to a more modern format, such as local VHS to DVD in Orange County, slide scanning to DVD Los Angeles, and transfer audio cassettes to CD. VHS tapes in particular...
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Local VHS to DVD Transfers – Benefits of Going Local

DVD Your Memories is one of the few companies primarily built for our local customers who wish to transfer their old memories and convert them to a more modern format, such as local VHS to DVD in Orange County, slide scanning to DVD Los Angeles, and transfer audio cassettes to CD. VHS tapes in particular...
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A Snapshot History of Digital Camera Technology

The word revolutionary is over-used in the technology field, but there’s no other way to describe the impact of digital photography. It has never been easier to capture high quality photos and videos, and we share hundreds of millions of them on the Internet every single day. With roots in NASA research, and government spy...
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Preparing Your 8mm Film for Transfer

To ensure that your film to DVD transfer achieves the best possible quality, cleaning and conditioning your film prior to transfer is crucial. Cleaning and prepping your film for transfer can be a time-consuming process, but will ensure optimal transfer quality. There are actually several different factors that can lead to quality issues of 8mm...
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Keep Your Memories in the Cloud

CNet Senior Editor, Donald Bell, walks you through the different ways to store your memories in the cloud. Learn about choosing the right cloud storage service that is a perfect fit for you and your media.
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Your Camera’s Histogram and How it Works

Ever wondered what your camera’s histogram does? Or how it’s used? Watch this short video by John Greengo for CreativeLive which will explain what the histogram actually is, how to read one, and what it means for your photography.
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Where Are Our Family Memories?

A new survey of parents with children under 10 who share photos and videos with family/friends online reveals troubling trends…
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