Why You Should Transfer Your Video Tapes Now
For an additional fee we can also transfer from BetaMax and convert foreign made PAL VHS, PAL Video8, and PAL Mini DV to NTSC (standard American) DVD
But why worry about transferring this material now? Well, beyond the obvious of possibly not having a working Video Cassette Player, there are issue that video tapes face everyday they get older:
1. The Magnetic particles on video tape that actually "store" your recorded material gradually lose their charge. It's called "Remanence Decay". When this happens, you'll notice a color shift toward weaker hues and loss of detail overall
2. Magnetic particles may be accidentally demagnetized. Storing your tapes near another strong magnetic source like an audio loudspeaker or an electric motor can cause the tape to become partially demagnetized. For the most part destroying the recorded signal.
3. The tape can become stretched from multiple re-windings and playbacks. This causes tracking errors that can dramatically reduce playback quality
4. And there's always the danger from what we call, "The Hungry Player". That's a tape player that is either not well maintained or has just come to the end of its useful existence and decides to make your tape its "Last Meal". Usually, if a tape has been "eaten" it is difficult to make it playback as pristine as it did before. If the Hungry Player has cut your tape, in most cases we can splice the tape back together and make a DVD copy with some loss in content
Different Formats of Video Tapes