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Capture basics for video tape
PERSONAL MEDIA
By Will Fastie
Video tape was introduced to the US consumer market nearly 50 years ago, in 1976. It created a consumer boom, but the machines that recorded and played video tapes are dying off.
Worse, support is waning for the technology to get the video off all that old tape and into a digital form more suitable for use today.
The process is not complicated, once you know a few tricks and have the appropriate hardware and software at hand.
Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.29.0, 2024-07-15).