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Videotape Degradation
VHS tapes, the most popular videotape format for TV recordings and home videos, are at risk, along with other videotape formats, of...
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Jul 82 min read


Memory Card History for Camcorders and Cameras
If you are completing a project to digitize your videotapes and film reels from the 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's, you may have noticed a...
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Jun 273 min read


Advantages of Digitizing 8mm and Super 8 Movies
Preserving irreplaceable family moments is a priority for many. If you've got old 8mm or Super 8 film reels sitting in storage,...
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Mar 293 min read


The Beauty of Betacam
Betacam's portability, ease of use, and image quality set a new standard for content creation. Betacam is an ideal format for digitizing.
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Feb 23 min read


The Last Videotape Format
MiniDV was a popular consumer camcorder format from the mid 1990's to the 2010's. It was launched in 1995 as the first digital videotape...
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Jan 14, 20243 min read


Video Editors for Beginners
Many of our clients who have digitized dozens of vintage videotape recordings to hours of raw footage eventually decide they want a "Best...
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Aug 7, 20233 min read


AI Video Enhancers for Digitized Videotapes
For those who have recently digitized their home videotape collection, the reality of low 720 x 480 resolution VHS, Video8 and other...
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Feb 7, 20233 min read


Making a Family History Video - Part II
We'll cover the interview guidelines for your discussion with the family member and software tools to create a family history video.
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Nov 28, 20214 min read


Making a Family History Video - Part I
Creating a family history video allows you to highlight a family member from photos, audio recordings and film/videotape transfers.
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Mar 25, 20212 min read


Mold and Videotapes Don't Mix
While aging causes a number of physical changes to videotapes, mold and fungus can make your tapes and 8mm films unplayable.
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Oct 25, 20203 min read


Ungraceful Aging: Problems with Old Videotapes
Discover how videotape aging problems can ruin your cherished memories. Learn about common videotape aging problems and preservation tips.
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Aug 10, 20204 min read


Sound & Vision: Improving VHS Audio Using Software Tools
Audio enhancement software allows consumers to make improvements to audio tracks on their videotapes, digitized vinyl, films and cassettes.
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May 2, 20203 min read


Digitizing Audio Cassettes
If you want to save valuable audio cassette recordings, having them digitized is your path to preserving them.
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Mar 7, 20204 min read


The Many Flavors of Super VHS
We'll look at the variations of Super VHS format including S-VHS-C, Super VHS-ET and S-VHS quasi-playback.
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Dec 4, 20192 min read


Simple Video Editors
We'll cover a few of the free and low-cost editing programs that are ideal for beginning users to master in order to create home movies.
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Sep 21, 20193 min read


Photo Scans: What Resolution?
What is the optical scanning resolution recommended and what file formats should you use to future-proof your time and effort?
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Jul 24, 20192 min read


How To Tell If Your Film Reels Have Sound
We'll cover a few easy ways to identify if your movies have sound whether they are 8mm, Super 8 or 16mm film formats.
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May 24, 20193 min read


The Importance of Time Base Correction
When digitizing videotape, one of the keys to a quality transfer is the use of a time base corrector or TBC.
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Mar 24, 20193 min read


Cleaning VCR Tape Heads
Cleaning VCR heads prevents jiggling, picture noise bands or erratic sound on the audio playback.
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Feb 14, 20193 min read


Long Play VHS Tapes Present Digitizing Challenges
We'll look at the 3 VHS recording modes (SP, LP, EP/SLP) and how they affect videotape digitizing quality for sound and video.
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Jan 29, 20192 min read
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