I've tested and reviewed tech, pet, fitness and home gear for decades. Time stops for no one, and for no technology. There was a time when you probably preserved family memories by saving them to ...

Bringing old tapes back to life can be frustrating, but the ClearClick converter made it pretty straightforward for me. After plugging in my VCR and hooking up the converter, I was able to record my ...

July 7, 2008 When a new technology usurps a previous one there are often casualties. With the downfall of VHS the casualties were the stacks and stacks of VHS cassettes people had collected over the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For those of you too young to remember, from the 1970s to the 1990s, the dominant format of home video was the Video Home System, better known ...

Digitizing old tapes can be a challenge, but after using the Portta VHS converter, I found the process straightforward and mostly hassle-free. It handled VHS, camcorder tapes, and even gaming consoles ...

I cleaned out a cabinet a few years ago and found a stack of old Super 8 tapes. I’ll never forget the way Mom’s face lit up after I digitized videos of her late brother Harold Jr.’s wedding.

Family memories are priceless, but once you convert your family’s home videos to digital, it’s apparent how expensive they can be. Changing technology has left many with home videos that are unable to ...

Vanessa is a lead writer at CNET, reviewing and writing about the latest smartwatches and fitness trackers. She joined the brand first as an on-camera reporter for CNET's Spanish-language site, then ...

In 2014, a poll found that 58% of Americans still had a VHS player, but that number had dropped from 88% in 2005. The decrease is mainly because more people are using digital and streaming media ...

While DVD and Blu-ray dominate today’s world, VHS tapes ruled supreme in the ’80s and ’90s. It wasn’t uncommon for families to document birthday parties, holidays, sporting events, and other big ...