Many older-model camcorders use MiniDV tapes as their medium for recording video and audio. MiniDV, or Mini Digital Video, is an analog format that, like all analog formats, is susceptible to ...

While DVD and Blu-ray dominate today’s world, VHS tapes ruled supreme in the ’80s and ’90s. It wasn’t uncommon for families to document birthday parties, holidays, sporting events, and other big ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. In 2006 Peter Hilton unearthed a collection ...

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 ...

Back in ancient times, before smartphones and digital cameras, we had picture slides and VHS tapes. And if you’re like us, you have boxes of them stashed away in a closet or your attic. But now ...

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 ...

We’ve created a list of options that will allow you to convert your old VHS tapes to digital format so that you can still enjoy your family memories. After researching several methods we’ve created a ...

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.

Back in ancient times, before smartphones and digital cameras, we had picture slides and VHS tapes. And if you’re like us, you have boxes of them stashed away in a closet or your attic. But now ...