Why Convert VHS and Older Media to DVD (Digital Format)?

Video Tapes are Bulky: With VHS tapes, a few hours of video takes up as much space as a book. Converting VHS to DVD means storing the same video content on a small stack of disks taking up a lot less space. VHS and Video Tapes Deteriorate and Break: Analog tapes, whether VHS or 8mm cassettes, degrade over time much more rapidly than digital disks. While storing tapes in a constant temperature & humidity helps delay deterioration, the longer you wait to transfer video tapes to digital disks the lower the quality will be. In addition, cassette tapes have mechanical moving parts that are more likely to break or malfunction the older they become. VHS Tapes are Obsolete: VHS tapes and players are rapidly going the way of the dinosaur. If you keep waiting to do something with your old videotapes, one day you will find yourself with no way to play or reproduce them. Then you may end up spending big money to pay a professional to salvage your precious home movies.