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Hi8-Tapes

How to Watch Hi8 Tapes

August 3, 2021 ScanCafe

In the mid-1980s, Sony introduced its first Handycam Video8 camcorder as a smaller alternative to VHS and Betamax. These camcorders…

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Posted in: Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized
VHS-Players

Top Ways You Can Still Watch VHS Tapes

July 28, 2021 ScanCafe

VHS fell out of mainstream use as a movie format many years ago. In fact, Hollywood studios stopped releasing movies…

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Posted in: Video Tapes
Digitizing-Old-Photos

What to Do With Old Photos

July 14, 2021 ScanCafe

Back in the day, you bought rolls of film and took vacation photographs, then had them developed and printed. You…

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Posted in: Photo Scanning

How To Clean Old VHS Tapes

June 22, 2021 ScanCafe

Dust is one of those things in life you can count on with utter certainty! If it seems like dust…

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Posted in: Video Tapes
35mm slides

A Primer on Digitizing Your Old 35mm Slides

June 15, 2021 ScanCafe

Invented by Kodak in 1935, 35mm slides became the most popular photographic format by the 1960s due to their compact…

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Posted in: Slide Scanning, Uncategorized Filed under: 35mm slide digitization, old slide digitization
Old-Damaged-VHS-Tape

Repairing Damaged VHS Tapes

June 14, 2021 ScanCafe

Some people watch VHS tapes for the nostalgia factor, others watch them because they’re cheap to buy, while many own…

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Posted in: Movie Scanning
Sticky-photo-album

How to Salvage Memories (literally) Stuck in Physical Photo Albums

June 9, 2021 ScanCafe

The Truth About Sticky Albums If you’re familiar with the film photography era, you’ve likely encountered magnetic photo albums (aka…

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Posted in: Photo Restoration Filed under: memories, memory preservation, photo albums
video-formats

What is the Best Storage Format for Your Videos?

April 29, 2021 ScanCafe

Converting videotapes to digital files is the best way to preserve them for posterity. This also frees up storage space,…

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Posted in: Video Tapes

What is an mp4 Video File?

April 27, 2021 ScanCafe

All video formats aren’t created equal and some are far more commonplace than others. While the video format MP4 is…

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Posted in: Video Tapes
highlight-reel

How to Create a Highlight Reel

April 20, 2021 ScanCafe

The fact that 300 hours of video are posted to YouTube alone every minute is rather daunting if you’ve never…

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Posted in: Tips & Tricks

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