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Tips and Tricks

  • 10 Tips for Shooting Better Video
  • 1998 Sony Handycam HandyGuide with introduction to Digital Mavica
  • USB Flash Drive
    Backup Your Flash Drive!
  • Break Out The Tabs
  • Camcorder Tape Adapters
  • Ejecting Video8 tape from a dead Sony CCD-F201 using 6V
  • History of the VHS-C Videotape, the JVC GR-C1 Camcorder, and “Back To The Future” Product Placement
  • How a sliding record protect tab works on a Sony VHS-C camcorder tape
  • How to get tape out of dead VHS-C camcorder
  • Keeping Up With Data Rot – 3/1/2009
  • Killing mold on videotapes with the Ultra Violet Inactivation Chamber (UVIC)
  • Label Your Tapes and Memory Cards
  • Rescuing VHS-C tape from a VHS adapter with corroded 2001 AA battery
  • Saving tape from Panasonic PV-L779D VHS-C camcorder with no power supply
  • Sloppy VHS videotape to DVD conversion by Legacybox and why DDVF is better
Sunshine in a box! ☀️ The UVIC will kill the mold Sunshine in a box! ☀️ The UVIC will kill the mold on this VHS tape so we can safely clean and get it transferred to a digital file.  #vhs #mold #sunshine #uv
Extracting VHS-C videotape from dead Quasar VM565 Extracting VHS-C videotape from dead Quasar VM565 camcorder using the Loading Motor #vhs #videotape
Student recital at @musicschoolofde #piano #recita Student recital at @musicschoolofde #piano #recital
We see plenty of mold on the edge of the tape but We see plenty of mold on the edge of the tape but not much on the actual recording surface. This example is very obvious and requires cleaning before we playback the tape.  #vhs #videotape #mold
From living room shelves to digital life again 📼✨ From living room shelves to digital life again 📼✨

This stack of Betamax tapes just got transferred to MP4 files and delivered on a USB flash drive for easy viewing, sharing, and safekeeping.

Introduced by Sony in 1975, Betamax was one of the first home videocassette formats and helped launch the home video revolution. While VHS eventually became more common, Betamax is still remembered for its strong picture quality and the priceless memories many families recorded on it.

Have Betamax tapes tucked away? We can help bring them back to life.

#Betamax #VideoTransfer #DDVF
Scanning 35mm slides #kodak #film #35mmslides Scanning 35mm slides #kodak #film #35mmslides
Transferring a DAT using the Panasonic SV-3200 Dig Transferring a DAT using the Panasonic SV-3200 Digital Audio Tape Deck. 

Transferring a DAT - supplying customer with WAV files on a USB flash drive. 

The Panasonic SV-3200 deck was released in 1993 and sold for roughly $1000 at the time.

#audio #dat
Happy anniversary! Windows XP support ended 12 ye Happy anniversary!  Windows XP support ended 12 years ago today!  We have multiple XP machines doing audio and FireWire captures. #retrocomputing #windowsxp
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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.

  • Sloppy VHS videotape to DVD conversion by Legacybox and why DDVF is better
  • 1998 Sony Handycam HandyGuide with introduction to Digital Mavica
  • How a sliding record protect tab works on a Sony VHS-C camcorder tape
  • Slow winding Video8 videotape

1709 Concord Pike
Wilmington, DE 19803

Tel: 302-TV-TAPES (888-2737)

Text: 302-404-0242 (tap to text)

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