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VHS Transfer to Flash Drive: Friday Night Games and School Recitals, Ready to Watch Again
Categories: Tips & Tricks, Preservation The camera wobbles as the batter steps up. Someone behind it offers a play-by-play, and the crowd of family voices rises when the ball is hit. On another tape, a child in a recital costume waits for the music to begin...
Digitization Near Me: Getting Your Family’s Memories Ready for the Holidays
Categories: Tips & Tricks · Preservation The holidays bring families together, and often bring a few forgotten keepsakes out of closets, boxes, and drawers. A stack of printed photographs, a shelf of VHS tapes, or a reel of home movies can become the starting...
Photo Scanning: Bringing Military Service Photos Back Into the Family Story
Categories: Tips & Tricks, Preservation A uniform portrait tucked into an album, a group photo with names no one remembers, or a small print kept with an old letter: military service photographs can be important pieces of a family’s history. They show more than a...
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Digitization Tips for Long Island Families
These are the digitization tips we find ourselves repeating on the counter every week — which formats are most at risk, what actually causes tape and film to fail, and how to decide what is worth transferring first.
Why we write them down
Most people only face this problem once. A parent downsizes, a relative passes, a basement floods, and suddenly there is a box of unfamiliar formats and no clear idea what to do. These digitization tips exist so you can make an informed decision before spending money — including the decision not to transfer something.
What you will find here
Practical guidance on VHS and camcorder tape, 8mm and Super 8 film, photographs, slides, negatives, audio cassettes and reel-to-reel. We cover storage conditions, warning signs of deterioration, realistic costs, and what to expect from a professional transfer versus a DIY attempt.
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Ready to move from reading to doing? See video tape transfer, photo and slide scanning, 8mm film transfer or audio digitization, or contact us with a question about your own collection.
Further reading: the Library of Congress publishes free preservation guidance for home collections.
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