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Does this image take you back? Once a staple for most ’80s and ’90s families, it’s certainly been a long time since we’ve seen the VHS camcorder in action. And after the cessation of VCR production ...

Time keeps moving forward, and old technologies like VHS tapes are fading away. Many of us have tapes full of family memories, but without a VCR, we can’t watch them anymore. These tapes are in danger ...

VHS tapes have been a popular format for recording and storing video footage for decades. Despite their decline in use, many people still have valuable memories on these tapes that they want to ...

I cleaned out a cabinet a few years ago and found a stack of old Super 8 tapes. I’ll never forget the way Mom’s face lit up after I digitized videos of her late brother Harold Jr.’s wedding.

VHS tapes were a popular way to store home videos and movies for many years. Now, with technology advancing, many people want to keep these memories safe in a more durable and easy-to-access format.

I have an old Sony Hi-8 camcorder and wanted to transfer the footage on the tapes to my computer in either .avi or .mpg format.<BR><BR>I guess a video capture card and some sort of software to capture ...

Do you have a stack of Video-8 tapes gathering dust, filled with cherished memories waiting to be relived? We understand the importance of preserving those precious moments, which is why we've ...

Businesses have used video to train employees and teach customers how to use their products for years. If your small business has old training or instructional videos on VHS tape, you might think that ...

This article also appeared in the December 2014 issue of Consumer Reports magazine. Q. I need to convert my VCR tapes to DVDs. Can you recommend a device to do that?—Liss Lieberman, Bay Shore, NY A.

Hello.<BR><BR>I have access to some VHS tapes that I want to convert to DVD. The tapes are, what would be considered now, politically incorrect, so I am not sure as to using the commercial services to ...