When comparing archival grade DVD-R discs, you may have run across Gold Archival DVDs which claim to keep your DVDs safe and stable for a hundred or more years. These gold DVD manufacturers claim superiority over traditional silver alloy DVDs because using gold on the reflective layer (the part which is read by DVD lasers)...Read More
By now, your precious family film collection is probably not quite in the same shape it once was. It can be dry, brittle or curled and might even smell a little like vinegar. These degradation symptoms are what happens to older film if left untouched for long periods of time. Depending on the severity of...Read More
With VHS tapes and other magnetic-recorded media, there is no definitive time-line for when the tape will “die” or cease playing in a VCR. In fact, most tapes recorded from back in the 80’s still play without any major issues, although many do exhibit color damage and other detrimental effects. When VHS tapes were first...Read More
Do you use Memorex exPressit Label Maker? It is a great program for quickly printing labels for your media including DVD, CD, diskette and Blu-ray. The program does a great job providing some basic templates to get you started, but sometimes you might need some additional templates that don’t come native to the program, or...Read More
Although not needed very often, knowing how to change the speed of your audio files can be important, especially if you are converting old reel to reel to CD or vinyl records to CD, and don’t have the native speed available to you when you initially transfer it. A good example would be trying to...Read More
Although we don’t specialize in printing at DVD Your Memories, we do use printers each day to print things like documents, invoices and even CD and DVD labels for our video to DVD and film transfer customers. For printing DVD and CD labels, we have been using an inkjet model R280 by Epson. We’ve tried...Read More
What is EXIF data? EXIF stands for exchangeable image file format, and it’s basically extra data tacked onto your image. Back in the old days of film cameras, you had the option of printing a data right onto the photo itself in bright orange or red lettering. This was great to let you know when...Read More
