Technology marches ever onward and, as it does, it carries us right along with it. In the early 1980 s, as VCR s dropped in price and appeared in more and more homes, there was a sudden mass appeal for people to have their old Super 8 home movies converted to video cassette. Video tapes last far longer than film and it just made sense to convert those old reels into a more watchable and compact format. People brought their movies of their baby s first steps, birthday parties, and weddin gs and turned them into video tapes. Not long after that, video cameras became cost effective for people to buy and those old super 8 cameras and projectors went the way of the dodo. People began using video tape for everything and the Holiday video was born.

Technology has shifted yet again, folks. You may have noticed less and less video tapes at your local Blockbuster store. The medium is becoming extinct, replaced by DVD. Guess what? It s time to convert yet again. DVD discs last far longer than video tape, offer higher quality picture and sound, and can run longer than video cassettes. By converting your Holiday videos to DVD you can ensure that the memories you saved will last even longer.

The process of converting your Holiday video to DVD is not complicated, but to do it yourself you will need some special equipment. Obviously you ll need a DVD recording device and a way for your VCR to connect to it. If you have a DVD burner on your computer, you re halfway there. You will also need a way for your VCR to interface with your computer. Most computers do not come shipped with a way to do this. You ll need to install a TV card on your computer that has inputs that match your VCR s outputs. Most TV cards do have both RF and A/V inputs. Next you ll need to record the Holiday video onto the computer s hard drive. You may need special software to do this if your TV card didn t come with any bundled.