How many of us have received homemade gifts over the years and wondered why someone would take the time and effort to make THAT? I still have the hand-made “Santa’s Workshop Tissue Holder” I received a few years ago because I felt guilty disposing of it.

Here’s an idea, though, where your homemade gift can be the most appreciated gift of all: dub those old VHS tapes onto DVD  quickly and easily, and if you have time, even edit out the bad stuff.

SAVE IT!
Those memories are precious, you need to get moving to save them while you can. After all, those special memories are going to be memories only, if someone doesn’t save them. I’m quite passionate about this because I have had every photo, video, and treasure I owned and grew up with destroyed in a flash. My childhood memories and the memories of my son’s childhood are only that: memories. There is no video. There are no photos. Don’t let this happen to you!

Even if you have the video on VHS, how long with it last? Video quality degradation becomes apparent within a few years and videotape breaks down every time you play it. Older tapes lose their protective coating, which can flake off into your VCR every time its played, perhaps rendering the VCR unusable over time, too.
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