How Did the the VHS Tape End Up Beating Sony’s Betamax? When home recording devices were first manufactured, people around the world found them facinating. People could now record their own television shows instead of having to watch them as they air. However, the film and video entertainment industry soon caught wind of this, and...Read More
For a limited time only, when you purchase a $100 DVD Your Memories gift card for any of our services, we will give you a $50 bonus to your total credit. So, for only spending $100 on a gift card, you can walk away with $150 worth of services from the highest reviewed media transfer...Read More
Have an awwww moment. View and share this fun and sweet 2-minute video created by a customer who came to us for VHS-to-DVD transfers in 2006 and then joined our corporate team in 2008.Read More
In light of the recent fires, we’re offering 30% off our media transfer services for all San Diego residents. Offer expires 6/15/2014. Call for more info: 858-503-7965 Imagine if every home video, audio recording, and photograph of your kids, parents, and friends were gone in an instant? How would you ever replace those invaluable memories?...Read More
With Mother’s Day fast approaching, a lot of us struggle with getting her the perfect gift this year. Flowers and candies are nice, but wouldn’t mom REALLY love that one truly unique gift? A gift made from her very own memories that will last her a lifetime… a DVD slideshow of her favorite images and...Read More
Today marks World Backup Day 2014! What does this mean? World backup day is one day a year where people pledge to backup their most important digital files to ensure they don’t get lost due to data corruption, natural disasters, human error, or any number of ways you can lose data. Files going missing, photos...Read More
There’s a couple things you should know if planning to do video editing from files that have been burned to a DVD, either as a playable movie or digital files loaded onto a DVD. Often times, in order to fit large amounts of video onto a single DVD, the files must be compressed down to...Read More
Many people are starting to realize that the need to transfer their important family memories onto DVD is rapidly approaching. Many people have already transferred their home movies, but unfortunately, they transferred them onto inferior, poor quality discs. As a result of this, some are losing their family memories MUCH sooner than they would have...Read More
The goal of videotape restoration is to create a product that looks or sounds better than the source. This can be accomplished through a variety of ways, and commonly uses a combination of factors to achieve the desired results. Results will often vary, depending on the condition of the video, and what combination of techniques...Read More
The internet is full of all kinds of different websites this day and age. Image hosting sites have really boomed in popularity over the years. Do the the sensitive nature of images, these sites offer many advantages ranging from security to ease of use. Most are aware of image hosting of some form, the most...Read More
Scrapbooking is a hobby that, in recent years, has been growing in popularity. The basic idea is to preserve memories in a more fun and creative way. The pages often contain multiple forms of media such as print, photos, newspaper clippings, to help the viewer get a better understanding of the mood and feelings associated...Read More
DVD Your Memories can transfer Betacam and Betacam SP to DVD or hard drive! Betacam tapes were developed by Sony, and first appeared on the market in 1982. Although Sony’s Betamax lost the consumer-format war to JVC’s VHS tape, a similar battle in the professional world was also fought with different results. During the 1980’s,...Read More
U-Matic video tape was one of the first video tape formats to be housed within a cassette, as opposed to the open reel video which was the standard at the time. Conceived by Sony in Japan, U-Matic video tapes were released in the early 1970’s. The video tape was 3/4″ in width, which is a...Read More
Since they were first produced, hundreds of millions of photographs have been lost due to deterioration, natural disasters, wars, and many more factors. While sometimes it may simply not be possible to salvage photographs, you can definitely take preventative steps to ensure their longevity and survival of the elements. Whether you’re the current caretaker of...Read More
After digitizing their VHS tapes, many people wonder what to do with them after transferring… Throw them away? Recycle them? Donate? Aside from the multitude of arts and crafts you can create from your old media, there’s also a way to still gain some use out of your old video tapes by turning them into...Read More
A study from the Library of Congress reveals for the first time how many feature films produced by U.S. studios during the silent film era still exist, what condition they’re in and where they are located. As you may have guessed, the news isn’t great. According to the study, nearly 75 percent of American silent...Read More
Depending on when you were born, you are probably familiar with the old gramophone record. Also known as a phonograph record, or simply record, is an analog-based sound storage and playback mechanism consisting of a flat disc with inscribed spiral grooves running along the inside of the record. The groove starts at the outer edge...Read More
Near the Orange County or Anaheim area? If so, did you know that a service for converting your photographs to digital images on DVD was right in your neighborhood? DVD Your Memories is the premier photo, slide and negative scanning service in Southern California and we also specialize in helping our customers transfer their precious...Read More
A common type of request we receive at DVD Your Memories is to convert old audio cassettes to CD or MP3. At our local offices, we perform many types of audio transfers in addition to audio cassettes to CD such as reel to reel audio conversions and vinyl LP to CD. What many people don’t...Read More
If you were around during the early to mid-80’s, you may remember the battle between Betamax vs. VHS. During a brief window when these tape formats were first released, consumers had the choice of either purchasing a new Betamax machine from Sony, or a VHS player, or VCR, from the JVC company. Due to a...Read More
When I was a child, I remember my grandfather used to tell us all sorts of funny and exciting stories of his adventures across the world, how life was like for him growing up with his family, and other interesting quips about his life. Unfortunately, he passed before any of his wonderful tales were recorded....Read More
