Many older-model camcorders use MiniDV tapes as their medium for recording video and audio. MiniDV, or Mini Digital Video, is an analog format that, like all analog formats, is susceptible to ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Plenty of people chronicle their lives in pictures and videos. But changing times have also led to changing formats. Film? Forget it. VHS tapes? Who even owns a VCR anymore?! If ...

I got an email this week from a reader asking how to digitize audio cassettes. I'm guessing he wants to make sure the recordings don't disintegrate from old age. Also, cassette players aren't exactly ...

Blogger Jake Luddington has posted an interesting tutorial for backing up your files with your DV camera. Tape storage still has advantages, particularly if you want to make a more permanent archive ...