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How long is my tape? What is the format?
If you’re like most people, you probably have a box or trunk full of old tapes and films stashed somewhere in storage. You might even be in the process of digitizing them. If you are, that’s a smart move and we...Read More -
Last Movies Made on VHS
From the mid 80s to the mid 90s, VHS tapes owned the home entertainment landscape. If you couldn’t talk your parents into going to the actual movie theater, the next best thing was a trip to Blockbuster to bring home...Read More -
How to Upload your Memories to Instagram
Now that you've had your memories digitized, it's time to share them with your friends and family! Share your home movies, photos and more with these easy steps. I mean, who doesn't want to see your crazy 80's hairstyle?To upload...Read More -
9 VHS Tapes Every '90s Kid Owned
It’s hard to overstate the convenience of today’s streaming services. The selection. The ease. The affordability. It all makes the home theater experience easier than it’s ever been. Heck, there are even profiles for the whole family – mom, dad and...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 -
Worlds Most Underrated Cities
A cool thing about traveling is seeing new places. I sometimes wonder, are you really seeing something new if you’re just going to a place that you’ve seen in a million different pictures? I mean, is it really that much...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 -
Why are Negative Photos called Negatives?
You remember what it was like to open the back of your camera and insert the end of the film strip into the film progressor. When you picked up your photos from the processor in their paper envelope, you also...Read More -
The Inner Workings of A Betamax Tape
Most people these days don’t know what a Betamax tape is. Heck, most people don’t know what a video tape is at all. With all the new technology these days, storage is invisible. You hop on Google Drive and everything’s...Read More -
The World’s First Scary Movies
What makes scary films so, well, scary? Like all things, you’ve gotta start somewhere. Psycho, Sinister and The Exorcist didn’t come out of nowhere, you know! Even if you’re a horror movie fanatic, the first-ever documented horror film might come as...Read More
