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10 Tips for Shooting Better Video
Backup Your Flash Drive!
Break Out The Tabs
Camcorder Tape Adapters
Keeping Up With Data Rot – 3/1/2009
Label Your Tapes and Memory Cards
VHS Tape Speeds
Vince the VHS Tape with 3 Reasons Why You Need to Digitize Your Magnetic Tapes

Soda, honey or 💩? We’re not exactly sure wha

Soda, honey or 💩?

We’re not exactly sure what mystery goo was living inside this poor VHS, but it definitely wasn’t factory-fresh. 🤢

We carefully opened the shell, cleaned the reels, repaired the tape, and got it running smoothly again. The best part? We were able to save the footage and digitize the whole thing so the memories are safe and clean – even if the tape wasn’t. 😅🎥✨

Got a gnarly tape hiding in a closet? Don’t toss it… we might be able to rescue it!

#vhs #TapeRescue #DigitizeYourMemories

A customer brought in this old Sawyer’s “Perso

A customer brought in this old Sawyer’s “Personal Reel Mount” View-Master reel and asked if we could do anything with it. Inside were 7 tiny stereo slides from 1955… which turned out to be the only known photographs of his parents’ wedding.

We scanned each tiny image at high resolution and delivered digital files the whole family can now share, print, and preserve for the next generation.

At Delaware Digital Video Factory we love projects like this—odd formats, one-of-a-kind items, and irreplaceable family memories. If you’ve got something unusual in a box or drawer, there’s a good chance we can bring it back to life.

#viewmaster #preservingmemories #digitizeyourmemories

All DDVF orders get assigned a bin – we have hundr

All DDVF orders get assigned a bin - we have hundreds of various shapes & sizes. Bin 67 (one of the originals from 2003) just became available & we still have room for some Christmas orders. Drop off soon and your tapes or film could have the best temporary home while they get converted. Your middle schooler will be impressed!

#videotape #digitize #67

Check out our latest YouTube short on cleaning thi

Check out our latest YouTube short on cleaning this extremely moldy VHS tape:
https://youtube.com/shorts/dLZ368HO1Cw

#vhs #videotape #cleaning

Remember SmartMedia cards? Before SD took over, e

Remember SmartMedia cards?

Before SD took over, early digital cameras used these ultra-thin black cards. This Fujifilm SmartMedia holds a whopping 4 MB… and that little blue SD card is 64 MB.

SmartMedia launched in 1995 as a “solid-state floppy disk,” topped out at 128 MB, and then quietly disappeared in the early 2000s. Another chapter in the short, weird history of digital storage.

#SmartMedia #RetroTech #ObsoleteMedia

Solid state drives are fast and awesome for everyd

Solid state drives are fast and awesome for everyday work—but for backup, don’t sleep on traditional magnetic hard drives. They’re affordable, great for large archives, and a perfect partner to SSDs.

Follow the 3-2-1 rule: keep 3 copies of your important data, on 2 different types of storage (like SSD + spinning hard drive), with 1 copy off-site or in the cloud. Your future self will thank you when something fails.

#DataBackup #BackupStrategy #321Backup #ExternalHardDrive #SSD #HDD #ProtectYourData #DigitalArchive

Taking apart a broken Sony CCD-F201 to expose the

Taking apart a broken Sony CCD-F201 to expose the transport motor and eject a stuck tape. Keep an eye on our YouTube channel for the video. #sony #video8 #camcorder #videotape

Thank you for another 5 star review! #5starreview

Thank you for another 5 star review!

#5starreview #ddvf #vhs #videotape #video8 #8mm #vhsc #minidv #dvd #mp4 #usb #film #transfer #familymemories #delaware #google #googlereviews

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Delaware Digital Video Factory is Delaware’s largest independent consumer video transfer and duplication facility. Our Wilmington retail location brings technology previously available only to businesses and professionals to the home video enthusiast.

All work is performed on site (we do not outsource). Your original materials are handled with the utmost care and returned at the completion of the job.

Backup Your Flash Drive!
Vince the VHS Tape with 3 Reasons Why You Need to Digitize Your Magnetic Tapes
Keeping Up With Data Rot – 3/1/2009
10 Tips for Shooting Better Video

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