{"id":396,"date":"2006-04-30T21:56:06","date_gmt":"2006-04-30T21:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiveforks.com\/jeb\/2006\/04\/proper_care_of_vhs_tapes\/"},"modified":"2006-04-30T21:56:06","modified_gmt":"2006-04-30T21:56:06","slug":"proper_care_of_vhs_tapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/2006\/04\/proper_care_of_vhs_tapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Proper Care of VHS Tapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have all the pieces to convert VHS tape to DVD with our iMac and its iMovie, iDVD, DVD writer, and plenty of hard disk space. The only thing I lack is the analog to digital video converter, which I just ordered: a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search\/ref=br_ss_hs\/002-0130901-0324831?platform=gurupa&amp;url=index%3Dblended&amp;keywords=Datavideo&amp;Go.x=0&amp;Go.y=0&amp;Go=Go\">Datavideo DAC-100<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/fishback\/dvd\">The article<\/a> that recommended the DAC-100 gives step by step tips on converting VHS tapes to DVDs. It ends telling how to properly take care of VHS tapes, even after converting. So I&#8217;m thinking &#8220;leaving them around on the floor in the basement to be stepped on&#8221; is not recommended.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Keep your burned DVDs in jewel cases, and store them in a cool, dark place. And consider stashing a couple of backups in a safe-deposit box. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>And what about those old videotapes? If you&#8217;re like me, you can&#8217;t bear to throw them out, even if you&#8217;ve digitized them. To prolong their life, rewind them and store them vertically (like a book), with the full reel on the bottom. Store them in a cool, dry location. Fast-forward and then rewind the tapes once a year. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have all the pieces to convert VHS tape to DVD with our iMac and its iMovie, iDVD, DVD writer, and plenty of hard disk space. The only thing I lack is the analog to digital video converter, which I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/2006\/04\/proper_care_of_vhs_tapes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/jeb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}