DVD from VHS

Introduction

Video tapes have an expiration date. In fact, they begin to lose information immediately after being recorded. Let us preserve your irreplaceable videos by converting them to DVD.

The videotape was never meant to be a long term storage media. Video data is stored on videotapes through magnetic particles that adhere to the plastic tape material. Videotapes continually release their magnetic information overtime until the tape is eventually unplayable. The average lifetime of a video tape is only 15 years. The quality of the video gets progressively worse with time. Equally as bad, simply playing a videotape causes some wear. DVDs, on the other hand, have ideal characteristics for long-term storage.

DVDs will last a minimum of 100 years. Some tests suggest that their lifetime is actually in excess of 500 years. DVDs never wear out, so they can be played millions of times without losing any quality. The data surface on DVDs is optical, not magnetic. DVD data is digital, so copies are exactly the same quality as the original.

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