With their inception in the late 70’s, VHS tapes were an amazing step forward in recording technology. Suddenly normal people could record their own home videos at a relatively affordable price. Today, we’ve all but abandoned VHS technology and we are now heading towards a more cloud-based media world. So why should you also make the switch from VHS to more modern media? There are a few compelling reasons to transfer your old VHS tapes to a more modern storage device.
The most compelling reason to transfer your VHS tapes to a newer form of storage is compatibility. You probably have many hours of memories recorded over the years, many of which you would love to enjoy way into the future. Maybe they are things you’d like your great-great grandchildren to see one day. The best way to ensure that you and your loved ones can enjoy the footage you hold dear is to ensure that it can be played on available technology.
Let’s face it; VCR players are rare today. In most households you probably won’t find one, and if you do it’s probably collecting dust. To ensure that you’ll always be able to access your videos you want to make sure that they can be played on modern equipment. This can include things like DVD’s or USB drives. Both of these formats (at least for the time being) are popular enough that most people will have a way to play them whether through a DVD player, game console, or personal computer.
“But I do have a VHS player and it works fine!”
Even if you do own a VHS player I’m sure we’ve all seen what happens when VHS tapes jump all over the screen or start showing distracting lines and waves in the picture. As tapes get older these types of disruptions in playback become more common. To ensure that your videos will always play at a better quality without the fear of the tape getting too old, we highly suggest you transfer them over to a digital media. That includes DVD and USB like we mentioned earlier but can also include cloud-based storage like iCloud or Google Drive.
The future isn’t waiting; things are always progressing to the next best thing. If you want to preserve your videos and memories and ensure that they can be enjoyed in the future at a high quality, it’s a good idea to transfer to digital media alternatives.
