If you're like me, you have dozens of dusty VHS tapes taken in the 1980s and 1990s in storage or on a bookcase in the family room. You don't have a VCR, you can't watch them and day by day, year by year they are degrading.
There are most likely movies of different family reunions and almost certainly many of the family members are no longer with us. There's a movie clip of little Joey taking his first steps. How about the movie of your oldest winning a medal at Graduation? So many family moments and if you're like me you're starting to worry that they'll be lost forever if you don't do something
One of my sons has been
Earlier this week I finally got around to ordering something I hope will allow me to transfer the old VHS tapes to digital. First I did my homework. I read dozens of reviews. I compared capabilities of different devices.
So I opted for a one-touch capture, which basically forms a link from a VCR to your computer via a USB port, enabling conversion and transfer of a VHS tape, and then a burn to a DVD.
Thank goodness I have a mother-in-law who still watches old VHS movies on a VCR! I borrowed it yesterday to make the transfer.
I'll let you know how it goes and whether or not I am able to preserve and digitize those precious family memories.
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I've got old movie camera movies of our kids from about 1980. In a box. Never transferred to a newer technology. Our great grandmothers had it right when they got paper pictures from the photographer. No equipment required.
I need to do this, that's for sure.
My parents recently had my grandfather's home movies from the 40's and 50's digitized. You know, those old 8 mm films. The films were in surprisingly good shape for their age (said the man who did the work for them), but who knows how much longer they would have stayed in that shape.
They sent me a DVD of the finished product...finally, a chance to see the face of my great-grandfather!!
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I personally love when comedic actors do serious roles. I think it benefits both the audience and the actor. Just think if robin williams never did a serious role. As somebody who loves everything comedy, I feel like a good serious role deepens my love for that actor and impresses me when they can nail both. Also it goes the other way to. Good dramatic actors doing hilarious comedic characters... Tom Cruise... Boom
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