After the DeepSeek-related stock meltdown last week, a reader's thought-provoking question has Ian pushing back against a ...

“If you had a really moldy tape, there was mold flying everywhere,” Crouch told me about existing cleaning methods. “I just ...

Suda Prohaska was the reporter 43 years ago, Feb. 13, 1982. VCRs were expensive home electronics back then. Today, they've been replaced by DVRs and streaming services.

That changed with the 1975 launch of Sony's Betamax format and JVC's VHS following in 1976, which finally brought video cassette recorders into the home. It took time to build a user base ...

Blu-Ray won the Betamax/VHS war against HDDVDs when the formats ... MiniDV cassettes, mostly used in video production, debuted in 1995. MiniDisc and MD Data arrvied in 1992 and 1993, respectively.

Betamax and VHS tapes. Pro tip: If you’re dealing with very old or fragile film, allow a professional to digitize it (see option No. 5). Even if you still have the machine to play it on as part ...

Some Hi8 tapes can have PCM audio, this is only directly extractable ... Formats such as older EIAJ, Betamax/VHS (70s to 90s non-hifi camcorders and decks) Pro formats U-Matic / Betacam and 2" Quad to ...

In 2003, when his extensive collection of VHS, cassette and Betamax tapes that contained recordings of old radio, television shows and movies seemed to be nearing their life expectancy ...

Betamax, Hi8 and several types of VHS analog videotapes; or Digital 8, MiniDV or MicroMV digital videocassettes. 4 reasons to convert your movie film, videotape to digital Digitizing keeps your ...