Many attorneys today have used video for many years and have archived their videos on the standard VHS video tapes. The truth is the average shelf life of a VHS video tape is just seven years. After that, the picture quality deteriorates, the colors bleed and snow and other picture anomolies appear. In addition, the audio becomes distorted.
It is also a fact that the manufacturers of video equipment are discontinuing the manufacturing video tape machines and they are expected to become as scarce as the old 8 track audio tape players. This means that even if the tapes last longer than 7 years, there will not be players around to show the tapes in the near future.
The fully qualified legal videographer is capable of transferring the old VHS tapes to the new digital formats which can have a life expectancy of over 100 years. the time is now to make the format transistions for recorded out of date media to digital.
Call us for more information or to schedule a video format conversion.
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