History of Broadcast Video Tapes Written by: Brandon Harris, Smooth Photo Scanning Services

With the move to digital, many people have forgotten what came before and how good it was. For years TV studios, movies, and other companies all over the world used professional broadcast quality videotapes. Two styles of tape, in particular,...

27February
2018

9:42 pm

Video Timelines: The Best Way to Organize Your Videos Written by: Cora Foley

A big shout out to Marci Brennan of Past Present Pix for this guest post on what to do with all of your videos. Everyone has videos randomly throughout their digital photo collections & it can be hard to decide...

06August
2017

2:26 pm

How VHS Tape Damage Occurs and Ways to Prevent It Written by: Cora Foley

VHS to DVD, Videotape transfer, video tape decay

Unfortunately, we can guarantee that your videotapes will deteriorate over time, regardless of how you store them and how carefully you handle them. VHS, VHS-C, 8mm, Hi-8, MiniDV & Betamax tapes degrade quickly, as they were never meant to be...

05July
2016

11:44 am

Smooth Photo Scanning Services: Who Are We? How Can We Help You? Written by: Cora Foley

Smooth Photo Scanning Services Founding Family

Who Are We - "Smooth Photo Scanning Services, located in Lodi, NJ, is a family owned business that helps bring a new life to your old memories. We offer our customers the best photo scanning and video/audio transfer services available...