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Category: Video Tapes

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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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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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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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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Old-Video-Tapes

What to do with Old Video Tapes

April 7, 2021 ScanCafe

While many people have fond memories of Generation VHS, most keep their unwavering love of video tapes to themselves! For…

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videotape-transfer

Common Mistakes To Avoid When Digitizing Old Video Tapes

January 6, 2021 ScanCafe

If you think of videotapes as innovations of the not-too-distant past, that’s perfectly understandable, even if those near and dear…

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Old-Vintage-Video-Files

Best Way to Store Old Videos

November 3, 2020 ScanCafe

An unusual study published in 2011 analyzed the effects of cold storage on different media such as CDs, DVDs, and…

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Floppy-Disk

Video File Format Guide

October 26, 2020 ScanCafe

When you consider that 300 hours of video are uploaded every minute and nearly 5 billion videos are watched on…

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Video-Tape-Files

Factors to Consider When Choosing a Video Transfer Service

October 14, 2020 ScanCafe

The factors that fuel collecting are often highly personal, evoking headshaking from family members, friends, and strangers – and videotapes…

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minidv and hi8 tapes

Hi8 vs MiniDV Guide

July 20, 2020 ScanCafe

Hi8 and MiniDV were two of the innovations that transformed home moviemaking, back in the day. Just like today’s cellphone…

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