When I tried to convert my old home videotapes to a format I could edit on my PC a few months ago, I ran into one hassle after another. The video capture technology failed so often that, for days, I ...

Blogger Jake Luddington has posted an interesting tutorial for backing up your files with your DV camera. Tape storage still has advantages, particularly if you want to make a more permanent archive ...

Canon announced on Tuesday two new additions to its line of mini DV cameras: the Optura 400 and Optura 500. Both are 2.2-megapixel cameras capable of shooting still images and digital video. They ...

When Sony climbed out on a limb a couple of years ago to offer consumers a digital camera that would still play their old, 8-mm camcorder tapes, it wasn’t clear whether other manufacturers would make ...