Found old camcorder tapes but don't know what format they are? Learn the differences between VHS, VHS-C, Hi8 and MiniDV and how to identify your tapes. “I found a bunch of old VHS tapes.” Then I see the picture. They're not VHS tapes. This happens all the time, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with calling every old video cassette a VHS tape. Unless you spent an unreasonable amount of the 1980s, '90s, and early 2000s thinking about recording formats, why would you know th

If you have a box of VHS tapes tucked away in a closet, basement, attic, or cabinet, chances are there are memories on them that exist nowhere else. Birthday parties. Christmas mornings. Kids taking their first steps. School plays. Vacations. Weddings. And probably at least a few hours of somebody accidentally recording the floor. The problem is that VHS tapes were never meant to last forever. Digitizing them gives you a way to preserve what's on those tapes in a format that'