{mosgoogle}Every Year Millions Of Great Family Videos Disappear

Remember the birth of your first child? His or her first birthday? Their first steps? Her ballet recital? His football game? The great times you had at holidays and on those vacations? What about the great times you had with your parents, grandparents or great grandparents Aren't you glad you captured all of those special, precious moments on videotape? You've got dozens of taped memories stacked in a cabinet or tucked away on a shelf in closet. These family videos are probably the only reason you still hang onto your VCR.

Disappearing Past

The problem is consumer VHS tape isn't be best format to use for long-term storage. Every time you play one of those tapes you wear away part of the image, you scratch the video, you destroy small portions of the memories. If you haven't played those family celebration tapes for years you may even be in for a rude awakening. The magnetic film may have aged and the images have disappeared. The coating may mysteriously peel away or flake off when the tape is played. The memory images are suddenly…simply memories. Signs of video quality degradation can become apparent after five years and even sooner if the tapes aren't stored properly.

Before those precious videotaped moments disappear, transfer them to DVD. The new low-cost DVD burners and low-cost, easy-to-use hardware/software products like InstantDVD Xpress make the task of transferring your footage to quality brand name DVD discs and saving them for generations to come is a snap.

When the job is done you have videos that:

• Won't deteriorate no matter how much you play the disc because the laser never touches the media
• Will play on almost every DVD player, recorder or drive, especially if it has been purchased in the past two years
• Will last over 100 years
• You can copy again and again and each copy will be as clean and crisp as the original
• Lets you add menus so you can quickly move from video clip to video clip
• Take up almost no space on your shelf or in your drawer