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
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
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
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
As demonstrated by two documentaries screening in L.A. this week, obsolescence need not imply irrelevance. Monday night at Cinefamily, Josh Johnson’s Rewind This! provided a people’s history of VHS; tomorrow night at the Nerdist Showroom and then again at the Egyptian on Friday, Dan Kinem and Levi Peretic’s Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of...Read More
So if you’re planning your wedding, the first thing you’ll probably ask yourself is what are the must haves for the event? One of the first choices you’ll make is where the venue will be. Often times, couples like to choose a spot with beautiful scenery, or a spot that symbolizes something important in the...Read More
Cleaning Your VCR: The Right Way Why Your VCR is Dirty If you’ve noticed a drop in the quality of the picture you’re getting from your VCR, be it general fuzziness, static, or lines through the picture, your VCR probably needs to be cleaned. The element in your VCR that’s probably dirty is the...Read More
How to Clean a VHS Tape, and Avoiding Damage in Future What to Do if Your Tapes are Damaged The most important thing, by far, is not to play the tapes. Playing damaged tapes often makes the damage worse, and in some cases even damages your VCR. Repair your tapes (or have a professional do...Read More
Ahh, the fond memories of childhood plays, musicals and performances. These are all important memories that families can share for a lifetime. Who knows, this can be first footage of the next great American Idol or Oscar winner! These types of tapes are often very enjoyable to re-watch decades later to show off how great...Read More
If you’re looking to get your video tapes converted to a more modern, digital format, you have a couple of choices. We can transfer your video to optical storage devices such as DVD or Blu-ray or we can transfer them as digital video files onto a hard drive. Depending on what you want to achieve...Read More
Improving Quality of VHS to Digital Transfers Why Does Your Tape Look Worse? The vast majority of video tapes simply don’t look as good as when you either purchased or recorded on to them 20 years ago. Color degradation, flickering, tracking issues, and other problems simply tend to happen when tapes get older. Sun damage,...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
Youtube is a great service allowing anyone with an internet connection to upload digital videos indefinitely onto their servers to share with others. Since Youtube was developed after digital video had already gained massive popularity around the globe, it’s a bit more complicated to upload analog video sources, such as what you’d find on VHS...Read More
Back when the VHS format reigned supreme, it actually had two different sizes. There was the standard VHS tape that everyone knows and there was also the VHS-C. VHS-C tapes are basically compact versions of the VHS tape, made smaller to fit the much more desirable handheld camcorders. The creators of this tape felt they...Read More
MiniDV tapes are a great medium for recording and capturing memories on video. The camcorders are small and compact, and the tapes even smaller, making carrying it with you an ease. MiniDV is a pretty versatile format, with many camcorders providing additional outputs for making capturing to your computer easier such as Firewire or USB....Read More
There’s all sorts of different things you can do with your old media. With old VHS tapes, you can make a variety of cool things like this awesome spiral-bound notebook made from the front of old VHS tapes. Instructables.com has a great step-by-step guide on how to create your own spiral-bound notepad made from recycled...Read More
Uploaded by user brusspup, he explained, “They gave me the statistic of “500 years of youtube videos are watched each day through social media sites” and asked if I could build an illusion around it. I thought VHS tapes would be a nice way to portray “video” and would be easy to work with to...Read More
Before converting your whole entire collection of video tapes to DVD, there’s actually a few things to think about. With all of the different options available, you’ll want to make sure you get all of the specifications you’re looking for prior to bringing in your video tape transfer. These are just some points to think...Read More
Our department of VHS to DVD in San Diego is equipped to take your old video tapes and convert them to a modern DVD or Blu-ray format that you can enjoy in your home. All of our DVDs even come with a compatibility guarantee, so you can be sure that our discs will work in...Read More
