Convert video cassettes to digital
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Little Mia can say daddy now! Nowadays such recordings are quickly spread among family and friends thanks to smartphones and tablets. It’s a pleasure to share these proud moments. But a lot of these memories from earlier generations are held on video cassettes that are stored in drawers und boxes. Bring them back to life! Share all these precious moments, which you recorded with much love and which you wanted to capture for eternity. Have your video cassettes converted – no matter if it’s a VHS, VHS-C, MiniDV, Video 8, Hi8, Digital8 or Betamax, MEDIAFIX converts all tapes. You can then easily watch the videos on your computer, TV, tablet or smartphone.

Only very few people still have a working video recorder at home. Especially when it comes to tapes like Hi8 or Betamax, it’s not so easy to find compatible play devices. You can solve the problem by just having your video cassettes converted.

Video cassettes are limited in durability

Save your recordings, before quality starts to suffer. According to the manufacturer’s specification, tapes will hold for a maximum period of 35 years, but they start to show signs of age much earlier. With time image and audio quality get worse, until there is only noise left. Incorrect storage conditions will support this effect.

These factors affect durability of your video cassettes:

• Crinkles in the tape. Video cassettes should be rewound before storage and kept upright in their case to protect them from dust. If they lie on top of each other, the tapes can start to lower on the reel and get crinkles.
• Heat can let the tapes melt. Heat and cold attack the coating layer of the magnetic tapes. If they are exposed to direct sunlight, the tapes can even melt. Furthermore temperature fluctuations can make the tapes stretch and contract.
• Beware of humidity. A lot of people store their video cassettes in the cellar, where there is high humidity, which starts to condense in the cassettes and damages the tapes. hohe Luftfeuchtigkeit, die in den Kassetten kondensiert und die Bänder beschädigt. There is also a danger for mould.
• Magnetic fields delete your recordings. If you store your video cassettes near electronic gadgets like speakers or TVs, it can end in a catastrophy. External magnetization can weaken the recordings, in the worst case even delete them completely. Natural earth magnetism can already do damage.
• Beginning decay can form smudge films. If the tapes start to decay, residues can smudge the tape. You then can’t play the tapes anymore and they can damage the recorder.

The easy solution: Have your video cassettes digitized

In conclusion, you should get into action and have your video cassettes converted as long as they are still good in quality. You can even use editing software to get some issues fixed afterwards. If you’re thinking about converting your video cassettes, you have to consider all the difficulties. In most cases it will be expensive in money and time, since the digitization process is always done in real time. Quality is often an issue as well.

Decide to have it done by a professional and save time and money: MEDIAFIX converts your VHS, VHS-C and MiniDV starting at €6.99 per tape. You can also have Video 8, Hi8 and Digital8 converted starting at €11.49 per tape. We also repair film tears und will gladly give you advice for digitizing your videos.