There are a number of obsolete tape formats that people might have lying around in their homes. Beta tape or Betamax is one of those formats which was released in 1975. Betamax was similar to VHS, but, as time went …
Somewhere in the shed, in the attic, in the storage unit, there sits a gift of pure gold. Your parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles have trapped memories. Those memories are trapped in formats where they can no longer be enjoyed …
The video format wars saw the victory go to VHS, but that didn’t leave Betamax behind entirely. Enthusiast continued to use Betacam for decades, with Sony only stopping production of the tapes in 2015. On top of that, the professional …
There’s a lot of value in historical letters. The value might be academic if the letters were written by someone well-known. Or it might just be personal, such as when you’re tracing your family history. And sometimes, these two things …
Formats like videotape and film were once the resource for capturing and holding onto memories. But today, to maintain such a catalog you’d have to maintain what’s become antiquated equipment. It’s time to update your VHS and camcorder tapes, film …