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History of Digitization
What Is It?Digitization is the process of converting data - oftentimes tangible - into digital format that can be read via computer screen or a smart phone. Information is organized into units called bits that can be separately addressed in...Read More -
10 Fun Facts About the VHS That Will Blow Your Mind
The VHS tape dominated the home movie market for almost 3 decades, seeing its way through the ‘80s and ‘90s and staying on top through all the changes in hairstyles and boy band preferences. Most of us can remember watching...Read More -
Can I View Film Without a Projector?
Picture this scenario. You were helping your sweet little grandma clean out her closet, like a good grandchild, and you stumbled across an old Red Wings boot box of your late grandpa’s. Inside, a goldmine of old 8mm film reels. However, upon...Read More -
Using my Digital Download
At Southtree, we offer digitization of all kinds of analog media. From photos to tapes to film reels to audio cassettes and more, we can digitize almost anything you throw our way! We digitize thousands and thousands of orders every year,...Read More -
What Does MiniDV Stand For?
DV is a “Digital Video” and audio storage format first launched in 1995. Thanks to the MiniDV consumer camcorder users now had a much smaller digital recording format that could replace the large VHS tape. Even though professional producers used it for...Read More -
The Fate of the Betamax Tape
War Was On the HorizonIn the mid to late 1970s, the epic format war started heating up. With technology growing at a rapid rate, video tapes and video tape records were finally affordable for public consumption. First off the starting line...Read More -
Your Brain and Water: Restore Your Memory Now...
Your brain stores all of your memories, problem solving equations, tasks, mental notes, internal alarm clocks, personal planners and more - so why wouldn't you want to treat this lean, mean, thinking machine nicely? If you want to treat your brain,...Read More -
Digitize Your Memories: Thumb Drive vs. Digital Download
It's a safe bet that you've got a box brimming with old photo film or a collection of home movie tapes just sitting. Waiting. Collecting dust. Not for much longer! Now's the time to make the move and digitize your memories....Read More -
What does VHS Mean?
Today’s technology is growing and changing quickly. Sometimes, it seems like it’s changing almost every day! While we try to keep up with the pace of technology, let’s take a second and reflect on our most favorite piece of tech...Read More -
When Did the CD Replace the Cassette Tape?
Like all human-made inventions, the audio cassette tape was replaced with something sleeker, faster, better. Another casualty of a format war where something that was once considered high tech and modern became outdated and inefficient. Much like the VHS tape...Read More
