VHS vs DVD
In any VHS vs DVD comparison, DVD wins for watching, because it is sharper, more stable, has better sound and is far more convenient...
Are Old VHS Tapes Worth Anything? A Straight Answer
You have come across a box of old VHS tapes in a cupboard or a garage, and somewhere in the back of your mind...
How to Clean Vinyl Records
If you want to know how to clean vinyl records properly, work from the lightest method first and only escalate when you need to....
Are Vinyl Records Worth Anything?
If you are asking are vinyl records worth anything, the straight answer is that most are worth only a few dollars. Value has very...
How long does old media last? VHS, cassettes, film, MiniDV and...
Most homes have a box like it somewhere. A jumble of VHS tapes, a few audio cassettes, a reel of Super 8, a stack...
How long do VHS tapes last?
Somewhere in a lot of houses there is a box of VHS tapes in the garage or the loft, a child's first birthday, a...
Keeping your family archive out of the wrong hands
This is the protection half of the family-archive backup series. The main article raised it in a few lines, under the heading “keeping it...
Self-hosting your off-site backup: a NAS at a friend’s house
This is the self-hosting half of Your off-site backup: the options, and what it really costs. That main article lays out three ways to...
Cloud backup for photos and a family archive
Choosing cloud backup for photos and a whole family archive starts here. This is the cloud half of Your off-site backup: the options, and...
Your off-site backup: the options, and what it really costs
This is the companion to Part I, where designing a family backup came down to a few live copies, carried forward onto fresh hardware...
