Living in the age of technology has its clear advantages. Gone are the days of scratched records and those funky 8-track tapes. Now we can burn our music, our movies and even our family memories on DVD. DVDs are stable, easy to duplicate, and take a much better beating than older media.
While it’s fun to see technology improve, there’s a downside to how quickly change happens; What do you do with all your old home movies that are on VHS and other formats? What happens to them when you no longer have a VHS system to play them? The simple answer to this problem is the video transfer process.
Companies that specialize in video transfer, sometimes also called video conversion, can take older format media and transfer the content to DVD. By converting your family’s memories from your old 8mm and Beta tapes to a DVD, you can watch them without needing an older technology player to do so. As a bonus, you can also share your family memories with others by simply copying the DVD and mailing it to your distant relatives. Since they are much more likely to have a DVD player, they can also enjoy family history.
One of the problems in the past with sharing your movies has been incompatible formats. There are now four different international video standards. These different international video standards are NTSC, PAL, PAL-M, and SECAM. What this means for you is that depending on what part of the world you are in, your media format may be different from someone in another area of the world. This prevents your relatives in Europe from sending you a videotape here in the US because their US designed player has a different standard and cannot play the European tape.
Any good video conversion company can help you with the problem of incompatible international video standards by adjusting the differences between the standards. This adjustment will give you a final DVD that can be played all over the world!
Another reason you may want to consider transferring all your old home movies to newer technology DVDs is because the older forms of tape and film weren’t designed to last more than a few years. Over time, these older films become darker and more difficult to watch. By transferring your home movies to DVD, you can stop this natural decay of age and preserve your family’s memories for generations to come. By doing this now, you can ensure that it will be possible to convert your memories before they are lost to the aging process and lack of equipment in the future.
One of the best things you can do to preserve your family’s home movies and tapes is to transfer them from video to a newer medium, like a DVD. By moving your images to DVD now, you can make adjustments to deal with incompatibilities in international video standards to enable playback by family members around the world. It can also help prevent the natural aging process and preserve the best possible images for generations to come.
