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VHS tapes were a popular way to store home videos and movies for many years. Now, with technology advancing, many people want to keep these memories safe in a more durable and easy-to-access format.

I cleaned out a cabinet a few years ago and found a stack of old Super 8 tapes. I’ll never forget the way Mom’s face lit up after I digitized videos of her late brother Harold Jr.’s wedding.

For those of you too young to remember, from the 1970s to the 1990s, the dominant format of home video was the Video Home System, better known as VHS. VHS tapes were absolutely everywhere, used for ...

While DVD and Blu-ray dominate today’s world, VHS tapes ruled supreme in the ’80s and ’90s. It wasn’t uncommon for families to document birthday parties, holidays, sporting events, and other big ...

I wrote recently about a cool converter from Pinnacle that lets you make digital videos out of VHS tapes without the use of a PC or Mac. (The column is here.) I've been asked a couple of times whether ...