Your VHS Tapes Don’t Last Forever. Convert VHS to DVD Before Its’ Too Late

Too many of us hang on to our VHS to DVD tapes way too long. The funny thing, do we even own a VHS tape player anymore? It’s so much more convenient to pop a DVD into a DVD player or a computer to watch your old home movies. So, convert your VHS to DVD before it’s too late.

I made a special effort to record each one of my child’s birthdays, christening, special concerts, milestones, and now I am told that the VHS tapes where those memories are stored will not last for ever. If the VHS tapes degrade, those irreplaceable precious memories will be gone as well.

Unfortunately, magnetic media – and that’s what VCR, VHS, Hi8, 8mm tapes are – have a shelf life. Depending on who you ask and depending on the how well you stored the tapes, their shelf life may be anywhere from 10 to 15 years. In fact, many professionals will tell you the image degradation process starts even earlier.

When you watch these tapes many years from now, you may wonder why the videos you recorded are fuzzy. It’s not you. You weren’t a bad videographer. It’s the degradation process. It’s unfortunate but video images degrade with time. The longer you wait, the more washed out the images become.

What about Sound? Instead of hearing your mother or grandmother’s voice, you will hear broken crackled sounds, buzzing, or painful shrills.

An expert photo touch up professional may be able to fill in scratches or rips in old photo prints digitally. However, an expert video professional has no such luck. It is very difficult, almost impossible to restore video image and sound.

But there is no video restoration software that can fill in the images or the sounds. And if there were, it requires specialized video editing that is very expensive, at least $150 – $200 an hour. And the results? No guarantee.

Compare that to a cost of $20 to $25 today if you simply convert your VHS tape to DVD. There really is no reason to wait. The best time to copy your VHS tapes to DVD is… Yesterday. It would have cost you less, you would have gotten sharper quality, and you would be enjoying watching it today much more easily.

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