How A DVD Player Works

 It’s so easy to grab a DVD from the shelf and pop it into your DVD player to watch a movie. But do you know what’s going on in your DVD player when you watch a movie? A lot!   While the vinyl record seems outdated and is old technology, it’s actually quite similar to when you place a disc in your DVD player and press “play”. In fact, picturing a record player’s needle “reading” the grooves in each record can help you visualize how a DVD player works.   The DVD player uses a laser – instead of a needle – […]

Why have video tape transferred to digital formats?

It’s time – video tapes are no longer relevant Technology is constantly changing and evolving. What was once the norm – like video tapes – are continuously being replaced by new technology that’s smarter, higher-quality and more versatile. Digital format has become the new norm and will be here to stay for quite a while. Very few retail stores are selling video or cassette tapes anymore. And if they do, it’s very likely that in just a few more years no one at all will be selling them or the devices that play them, such as VCRs. Individuals are switching […]

VHS to DVD Transfer

VHS to DVD Video Transfers – Why Pro Transfer Houses Pay Off

Many of us have a lot of great home movies of important family memories. It is unfortunate that many of these home movies are wasting away as I write you this sentence because of the limitations of the various magnetic tape formats. VHS, Super-VHS, VHS-C, Hi-8, 8mm video, Digital 8, and other magnetic tape formats lose fidelity over time. To save these important memories you need to transfer your home movies to a more stable format before it is too late. In other words, you need to transfer the analog video to digital video. Although you could conduct the digital […]