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Envision Video Services provides top quality film and slide transfer services. When it comes to preserving your valuable memories, digitalization is the safest option. We are professionals at digitalizing old photos, digitalizing and converting video to digital, as...

Are You a Conservationist or a Hoarder?
Conservation vs. Hoarding: Are You Walking a Fine Line? Preserving valuable and meaningful things is a normal and healthy practice: oftentimes, however, conservation leads to hoarding. Are you a conservationist or a hoarder? Conservation can simply be defined as...

6 Reasons to Convert Your Kodachrome Slides to Digital
Amateurs and pros agree – the age of Kodachrome produced stunning, lifelike images like no other film before or since. Invented at Kodak’s research facility in Rochester, NY in 1936, Kodachrome revolutionized photography, and captured moments as iconic as the film...

Preserving Your Valuable Memories
When was the last time you reminisced -- looked at old photographs, watched treasured videos, or listened to that special soundtrack? While we all have valuable memories, it’s not often that we break out the old photo album. As these cherished items sit in a storage...

How to Create the Best Recruitment Video for College Scouts
The schedule of a college scout is usually jam-packed with managing their team and planning tactics for the next game. A big part of their schedule, however, also includes analyzing recruiting videos to find their next star player. If you think that star player may be...

Transferring VHS to Digital in Bulk: How to Preserve Your Video Library
VHS video tapes were a fantastic invention and were incredibly popular in their prime. They allowed you to watch blockbuster movies in the comfort of your own home, capture your own home movie magic and create corporate and training videos that could be played over...

The Best Way to Convert Slides to Digital
Discovering a box of forgotten slides, full of family memories, can be a magical moment. However, if these are slides you have acquired or that you simply haven't watched in a very long time, you may be wondering what to do with them. The chances are that you no...

Can a Cassette Tape Be Transferred to a CD or MP3?
Whether you have one cassette tape that is special to you or you have a vast selection that you have collected over the years, you may be wondering whether it is possible for a cassette tape to be transferred to CD or digital format, such as MP3. The good news is that...

How Much Does a VHS Conversion Cost?
Today, your VCR may be chugging along just fine, playing your old home movies without incident, but tomorrow may be a different story. If that trusty old VCR breaks, finding a new one to watch your cherished memories will be difficult. Instead, you should invest in...

The One Thing You Need to Know Before Converting Reels to DVD or Digital Files
Your film reels are precious heirlooms. Maybe they hold the last footage of your beloved grandparents or memorialize all the years of vacations your family spent at the beach. Maybe they're just sweet reminders of your own childhood, or maybe it's just fun to watch...