• VHS Tapes Damaged? They Can Be Repaired

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    VHS tapes that have been damaged (or “eaten”) by VCRs can usually be repaired inexpensively and easily by a professional video production company. If the tape inside the video is broken, the video tape is jammed or the plastic shell of the video tape is cracked, having your VHS tape repaired shouldn’t be a problem. In some cases, VHS tapes that have been damaged by other means (such as dirt, grease, excessive heat, liquid, dust, mold and puppy teeth) can also be repaired. If the VHS tapes do have some kind of foreign substance on them, they should always be taken for repairs or transferring before attempting to play them in a VCR, as these foreign substances can cause serious and irreparable damage to your machine. Even if you think your video footage is lost for good, a good video production company will often have a technician on staff who …

  • Tips For Filming Your Holiday Family Videos

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    The holiday season is upon us (and has been since August depending on the stores you  may frequent) and nearly every household has a collection of family holiday videos collecting dust on a shelf or in a drawer somewhere. How do you make sure your 2010 holiday videos are something you’ll enjoy watching later? Plan your video. To make editing easier and the final product that much better, spend a bit of time planning your video before you start. Do you want to capture the night before, what the kids are doing, visitors and family arriving at your home or the cooking of the holiday dinner? Have a rough idea in your head of where you’ll need to be and what will be taking place so the video isn’t filled with snippets of the filmmaker running around or only half-capturing special moments because too much is going on at once. …