While DVD and Blu-ray dominate today’s world, VHS tapes ruled supreme in the ’80s and ’90s. It wasn’t uncommon for families to document birthday parties, holidays, sporting events, and other big ...

Many older-model camcorders use MiniDV tapes as their medium for recording video and audio. MiniDV, or Mini Digital Video, is an analog format that, like all analog formats, is susceptible to ...

With DVD players rapidly replacing VCRs, you may also have thought about transferring those old movies of birthday parties and soccer games to DVD. And why not? Magnetic tape doesn't last forever, ...

Not that long ago, it seemed wondrous that you could save your holiday memories on videotape. But now videocassettes seem poised to join 8 mm film, reel-to-reel audiotape and floppy disks in basements ...

Not that long ago, it seemed wondrous that you could save your holiday memories on videotape. But now videocassettes seem poised to join 8mm film, reel-to-reel audiotape and floppy disks in basements ...

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For the camcorder, since you have all the equipment, I would just try the Firewire and the Canopus and see which produces better output.

Converting old tapes to digital can be tricky, but using Roxio Easy VHS to DVD for Mac made the process easier than I expected. The setup worked smoothly on my Mac, letting me connect my VCR quickly ...

Convert your old videotapes to DVD before they deteriorate. Most of us with precious memories saved on analog media realize that these VHS, 8mm, and Hi8 tapes are slowly degrading. Fortunately, if you ...

Bringing old tapes back to life can be frustrating, but the ClearClick converter made it pretty straightforward for me. After plugging in my VCR and hooking up the converter, I was able to record my ...