Digital
What Are the Best Methods for Digitizing 8mm Film?
Several variables must be considered to insure the best method to Digitize 8mm Film. Dozens of combinations of equipment, software, and settings present many options. Step 1: Capture 8mm Film To somehow reproduce a strip of film, comprised of individual images, arranged to look like a motion picture, through a projector, and onto a screen…
Read MoreHow Do I Convert 8mm Film To DVD?
Watching old film without a projector is just not possible. Film must first be converted into video files that can be played on today’s devices. There are two choices: 8mm film to digital and 8mm film to DVD. The process is straightforward and simple. Capture 8mm Film to DVD Step 1 requires specialized equipment that…
Read MoreWhat is the Best Way to Store Digital Copies of Old Media?
There are several choices to store digitized DVDs, videotape, slides, cassettes and records. Each of these methods have advantages and disadvantages that affect durability and longevity of digital media. The Best Way to Store Digital VHS, Digital Cassettes, and Digital Slides Even digital video and audio have risks. Electronic devices can wear out. Electronic devices…
Read MoreConvert VHS-C Tapes to Digital – Waiting for …?
You Don’t Want the Tape – But do You Want the Discs? You don’t have a player or your camera anymore – and they probably wouldn’t be working anyway. And for sure you can’t find the adapter that they need to play. But please, if you are comfortable at all with digital files on a…
Read MoreDigitize 8 Millimeter Film to Dvd
I’ve Been Meaning to do This Forever! Yup, the very most popular comment that my customers make when dropping off their film! It is just one of those things that, well, can be done later. They can deteriorate a little more. Get a little more brittle. Fade a bit more. It’s OK. Until it is…
Read MoreSuper 8 Denver? Digitize Now!
What do people say when they finally bring their projects to me to digitize? “I’ve been meaning to do this forever.” All the time! I always tell them (and you) that there are several choices: Seriously, virtually every item that is worth digitizing, has been deteriorating since the day it was manufactured. All video tape,…
Read MoreWell, Technically, VCR Can’t Be Converted to Digital!
I know, lots of folks call their tapes VCRs, but they just aren’t. VCR stands for Video Cassette Recorder. It is a machine – a machine that records video onto a videotape. While the tapes could be called VCR tapes, it makes more sense to call the various tapes by their own name than by…
Read MoreNot All VHS Conversion Companies Are the Same
Since you are reading this, you must be interested in converting your VHS tapes and other media to Digital. Unless you have spent the past few years thinking about digitizing tapes every day like me (and why would you), then you must have questions, but may not yet know what they are. Everybody will have…
Read MoreWant To Watch Your 8mm Film Again?
Digitize it! Yes, convert it to digital before it is too late. If You Wait… Film has many enemies to watching it again. How to Best Convert 8mm Film to Digital Conversion technology has advanced like lightning over the past few years and the quality available has advance along with it. Several key features of…
Read MoreHow to Digitize a VHS Tape
So, you find yourself with some old VHS tapes, like 10’s of millions of other Americans. Kids birthdays, parent’s birthdays, graduations, first steps, vacations – the list goes on. It can be confusing and overwhelming for just about everybody. VHS players haven’t been manufactured since 2016 (Forbes July 23, 2016). Every day there are fewer…
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