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Your precious family memories may be deteriorating away with each tick of the clock.  If these memories are on videotapes, then they are deteriorating with each tick of the clock.

Many people are unaware that videotapes have a relatively short life span, short enough that they fade away and degrade in quality each year and each time they are played.  Videotapes have a magnetic tape with video and audio data stored on it.  A tape loses some of this data each time it is played through a machine, causing it to deteriorate with each viewing.  It will gradually look fuzzy, lose color, and look less sharp as it originally did.  Also, tapes support mold growth if stored improperly and can be susceptible to ripping or getting stuck in the heads of the playing machine.  Combine these factors and the average lifespan of tapes is approximately 20 years.

On the other hand, research shows that DVDs will last much longer with no deterioration from being played.  The data on DVDs is stored digitally, rather than magnetically on tape, and is read in the player by an optical laser rather than having tape pulled through a system of pulleys.  As long as DVDs are protected from scratches, they will last and last, preserving and protecting your precious family memories for years to come and for future generations alike.  Not to mention, DVDs are also easy and quick to copy, add chapters to, less cumbersome to store, and the standard format for the future.

Don’t let your precious family memories fade away.  Whether it’s your wedding tape, your children’s activities, precious family vacation tapes, etc, let Flicko’s help you preserve these important memories by converting them to DVD.