The New York Times on Video Conversion

We were excited to see New York Times tech columnist David Pogue recently considering options for transferring old home movies from old media to newer digital options. Though, we empathized with his quandary. His recent articles, “Moving Taped Past Into Hard Drive Future” and “Why We Make Home Videos,” tapped into a crucial question that many of us face: how to migrate older photos and home movies to newer, “friendlier” digital formats, to media that we can share easily with others and that can be preserved for many years to come.

A suggestion to take some of that burden off of David’s shoulders: check out our MemorySafe service. MemorySafe is available to YesVideo’s customers who have converted old photos and videos from analog media (such as 8 mm, VHS, etc.) to DVD using the YesDVD service at Walgreens and CVS. MemorySafe is a subscription service that gives you the ability to preserve YesDVDs online. Here’s the part we believe will catch Mr. Pogue’s eye – MemorySafe’s digital archive makes it possible to convert footage in the future into other popular viewing formats, so that memories can continually enter a new digital era!

Imagine:

• Grandma and Grandpa’s wedding transferred from disintegrating film reels and shared with relatives across the country online via MemorySafe and preserved perfectly for years to come.
• Laugh again at your brother’s first birthday party, once recorded on VHS and now archived for him to access while away at college and beyond.
• Take the best slides from your family’s trips to Cape Cod decades ago, transfer them YesDVD and share them with your friends on Facebook.

And, families can easily access their full collection of YesDVDs in MemorySafe's Memory Manager. Generations of family memories that were originally recorded on videotapes, reels and slides can all be organized into one online library which makes sorting, sharing and viewing a breeze.

It’s easy to get started. YesDVDs ordered at any CVS/Pharmacy or Walgreens location automatically include 30 days of free MemorySafe access.

We hope more people realize that conversion and archiving services are readily available to them more and more precious memories can be saved from fading away.