by Benjamin Dotto | Sep 18, 2026 | Digital Media Services, Technology, Trouble Shooting
Not every VHS tape behaves the same in a VCR. Two tapes recorded in the same decade can produce completely different results during digitization — especially when one was recorded in SP and the other in EP/SLP. At Austin Video Solutions, this comes up often with...
by Benjamin Dotto | Oct 17, 2025 | Digital Media Services, Technology, Trouble Shooting, Video Production
The Prosumer Archivist’s Guide to MiniDV Tape Remediation: Diagnosing and Treating Tape-Related Playback Faults Introduction: The Fragile Nature of MiniDV Media The MiniDV format represents a significant paradox in the history of consumer...
by Benjamin | Oct 5, 2024 | Digital Media Services
VHS to digital conversion can make old recordings far easier to watch, share, edit, and preserve. What it cannot do is turn a low-resolution analog recording into something that was never captured in the first place. That distinction matters. Good digitization is...
by Benjamin | Sep 4, 2024 | Technology
Converting videotapes to digital is not only about getting the picture off the cassette. The more important question is what kind of digital file you should create for what you plan to do next. A family that wants to watch VHS tapes on a Smart TV has different needs...
by Benjamin Dotto | Jul 7, 2024 | Media Services
A box of old videotapes is not just a pile of media. It is an archive: recordings with dates, people, events, labels, recording speeds, and sometimes no identifying information at all. Digitizing that collection is only the first half of preservation. The second half...
