The soothing hum of a VCR player and the visual tape jitters of a video home system transports us to simpler times. Watching home movies on VHS tape brings a sudden wave of nostalgia. However, like most analog media, VCR players and their VHS video counterparts deteriorate over time. Recognizing wear and tear is paramount [...]
In the golden age of home entertainment, families across the globe captured and watched their cherished memories using a VCR (Video Cassette Recorder or Videocassette Recorder) and VHS tapes. These magnetic marvels were once a household staple, but as technology evolved, they've become relics of a bygone era. If you have stacks of old VHS [...]
Why You Should Digitize Home Movies With ARS Video Video camera and camcorder recordings typically have a lifespan of around 15–20 years. Any film footage taken before 2000 already risks being lost forever—unless you have the film converted to digital files. If you’re looking for somewhere to get your favorite footage saved and preserved, there [...]
Somewhere back in the early 1980s, an apparatus connected to a TV started taking the country over by storm. No, it was not the Beta movie player. Nor was it the LaserDisc player, either. It was, instead, the VHS videotape player, a TV version throwback to a 1970s 8-track cassette player, but no one wanted to [...]
If you are an owner or collector of VHS tapes and movies, you want to protect your own investment in this area of entertainment. Here is something to consider. There have not been any new VHS tapes produced in more than a decade. In fact, no movies are made onto VHS tapes at all [...]
If you have found a hoard of old VHS tapes or are doing some downsizing and trying to get rid of some VHS tapes, consider VHS tape recycling. Yes, that’s right, you can actually recycle VHS tape. Before you do, though, make sure to convert the film footage into a digital DVD with professional conversion [...]
Growing up, how many of us collected original, taped audio cassettes of our favorite memories with our families, conversations, personal memos, and even ourselves singing? Such a shame all those memories are stuck on audio cassette tapes that are either too fragile to play, or the tape decks on which to play them are so difficult [...]
From being mistaken to stand for: Very High Speed to Very High Sound, the acronym VHS has baffled both Generations Y and Z - those aged 30 and below, as to what exactly it stands for. For those of us who grew up or were already around from and during the 80s and early 2000s, [...]
When we have customers who want to know how long a VHS tape can record, there really is no simple answer. Several variables come into play, pun intended, when it comes to VHS tapes. Here is a breakdown of the different time lengths a VHS tape will record. Standard Recording Time for VHS Tapes The [...]
In a perfect tech world, all devices would plug into one another, and we could play our VHS tapes through a VCR connected to a computer monitor. But alas, we cannot. There are ways to play a VHS tape on a computer, but not by direct connection. The reason is, your VCR uses analog AV [...]
