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Hilarious video of kids reacting to VCRs and VHS video tapes

Hilarious video of kids reacting to VCRs and VHS video tapes

Check out this hilarious video of today’s kids reacting to the technology of yesterday – VRCs and VHS tapes! Related articles across the web Are your VHS tapes collectibles? Want to recycle old VHS tapes? There’s finally a way The Top Ten VHS Tapes People Still Buy Share:Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new...

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How to Store and Care for your Video Tapes

How to Store and Care for your Video Tapes

Like me, you may have dozens of video tapes that you’ve got stored somewhere. Perhaps stored in your TV cabinet or spare room, or perhaps in the garage or shed out the back? It’s important to know how to store your old video tapes and care for them, to ensure they don’t deteriorate and become unwatchable. Don’t be like many others and store your tapes in the hot dusty garage, or in the damp cellar where mould can grow. If you value what’s on your video tapes – like your wedding from 25 years ago or your kid’s first steps – then read on to learn how to store and care for them properly. The following care tips apply to any type of video tape including VHS tape, camcorder tapes and Betamax tapes: To prevent tape damage, avoid storing a half-wound cassette. After use, rewind the tape to the beginning before storing. Do not repeat loading and unloading of a cassette without playing the tape. This may cause tape slack and result in damage to...

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Posted on Oct 22, 2013 in | 0 comments

Mouldy Tapes on the rise

Mouldy Tapes on the rise

As time goes on, more and more old VHS, Beta and camcorder video tapes will be showing signs of age. This can come in many forms, from general poor picture quality and tracking on the TV screen, to physical damage of the tape or outer cassette itself. Tapes can suffer from effects of warping, affected by heat or cold, or becoming overwhelmed by dust, dirt or bugs. One aspect we don’t often think of though, is MOULD. In Australia’s varying climate and conditions, many home video tapes are prime targets for becoming mouldy, usually after being exposed to humid or moist conditions. While initially it may only look like small particles of white or grey ‘dust’ resting on the tape reel, this can quickly develop into full blown mouldy tapes, rendering your videos unwatchable and your memories lost. Mould will even grow on tapes stored correctly, so don’t assume that yours will be immune from the common signs of age. At-home cleaning of mouldy tapes can involve opening the...

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Posted on Jun 7, 2013 in , | 2 comments

What’s the best digital video format to store my videos in?

What’s the best digital video format to store my videos in?

Are you thinking about making the big move and transferring all your family or training videos to digital video files? This can be quite a daunting task, and at some stage you may be wondering what is the best digital video format to store your videos in. While converting to DVD is still a popular choice, more people are choosing to convert directly to digital video files, and that’s what this article will focus on. We’d like to clarify some of the available options to help you decide the best video format to store your videos digitally. Different people with different purposes What do you want to do with your videos? The first important step is to work out how you’d like to use your video files. You may be happy just to keep the video for viewing and archival purposes on your Mac or PC, while others may wish to edit their videos further before archiving them. You may like to be able to view your videos on your...

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Posted on May 6, 2013 in , , , | 0 comments

Discover 4 Mothers Day Gift Ideas

Discover 4 Mothers Day Gift Ideas

Got Mum a present yet for Mothers Day? If not, discover some great mothers day gift ideas from Big Egg Media that are personal, meaningful, and will last a lifetime. These gifts are also useful and practical, and can be easily enjoyed by the whole family. #1 Convert Your Family Video Tapes to DVD & Digital Converting your videos can be a fiddly process if you try it yourself. We make it easy with a high quality, hassle-free video to DVD conversion service that saves you the time and bother. The conversion of VHS & camcorder video tapes to DVD ensures that your videos will last longer than a lifetime. What you get: High quality transfer process DVD chapter points An attractive DVD menu Personally designed disc label and cover artwork Compilation of multiple videos into DVD packages View our video tape transfer prices » #2 Transfer a Favourite Vinyl Record or Cassette Tape to CD/MP3 Grandparent’s memoirs, wedding services, language & training tapes, or the only recording of...

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Posted on Apr 3, 2013 in , | 0 comments

Adelaide switches to digital TV

Adelaide switches to digital TV

The analogue television signal was officially switched off yesterday morning in Adelaide at 9am. Did you notice? No!? We thought you wouldn’t… that’s probably because you already have a digital flatscreen TV, or a digital set top box which is already receiving the digital signal. Other areas in Australia will be following the move soon – Tasmania on 9th April and Perth on 16th April. Why switch? There are a few reasons why Australia is making the switch to digital TV. Firstly, digital TV gives you the ability to watch TV in high definition quality, which looks great on the latest LCD and flat screen TVs. There are also more free-to-air channel available on digital (such at 7Mate, Go, GEM and ONE HD, and ABC 2), as well as an electronic program guide which gives up to date programming information. If you still have an older analogue television, you will require a digital set top box to receive the digital television picture. The Government has a great website on...

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