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Fig 1. Mold built up on the magnetic tape inside a VHS case. Azure Production have been transferring videos for over a decade. We have received many formats such as VHS, Hi8 and film in various conditions. Our job is to transfer them onto digital platforms at the highest quality possible. Before your transfer begins, we inspect the tape’s integrity, approximately 10% of the tapes we receive are in need of repairs, or cleaning. Sometimes we see mold built up around the spool, or damaged cases. (Fig. 1) Most magnetic tapes can last a very long time. We still get tapes dated back from the mid 1980s that are still in good condition. For films dated back in the 1950s, we notice that most are still in good condition, but some are starting to become brittle. The oldest film we’ve transferred was dated back in 1911 in fair condition. Below are …
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There are many types of video formats that has come out in the past 50 years. I will explain the most popular formats during the past 50 years as we get many people bringing in tapes they can’t identify. The most common one is the VHS tape. It came out around 1980s and is slowly phasing out today. Despite of this, we still see VHS tapes being sold at stores. The magnetic tape is half inch in width. Image from http://en.wikipedia.org Betamax looks similar to BetaSP, but they are not. Betamax is an older type of tape, it came out during the same period as VHS tapes. There was a format war during this time as people were deciding on which format to choose from. Ultimately, VHS won out despite that Betamax had better picture quality. Image from http://www.atticlightstudios.com/ Hi8, regular 8 & digital 8 all look the same. …
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Have you recently been on vacation and want to make sure your vacation videos are safely stored on an external hard drive? Transfer them onto computer An external hard drive is a great piece of equipment that is portable and kept separately from your computer. They tend to have plenty of space and will offer your previous files safe haven should anything happen to your computer. There are a number of different ways to transfer your videos, all depending on how you took the videos in the first place. We’ve enclosed some great video and article links that show you how to do it. Some of these links below tell you how to put the videos or photos onto your computer only, but once you’ve got them on your computer you only need to plug your external hard drive into your computer and drag and drop them into the hard …
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